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/ˌænɑːstəmˈəʊsɪs/
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NOUN
- a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
How To Use anastomosis In A Sentence
- The frequent anastomosis thus seen to take place between the branches of the radial, the ulnar, and the interosseous arteries in the hand, should be carefully borne in mind by the surgeon. Surgical Anatomy
- There is such a thing in our national life -- a constant process, although often unrecognized -- as social anastomosis: the intercommunication by branch of every vein and veinlet of the politico-social body, and thereby the coming into touch of lives apparently alien. Flamsted quarries
- After surgery, the patient developed leakage along the anastomosis that ultimately required four additional procedures, including the creation and take down of an ileostomy, during a seven-month period.
- In most cases, infection is localized to the bronchial anastomosis, where devitalized cartilage and foreign suture material create a nurturing environment.
- Evidence of a remote surgical anastomosis was noted.
- The surgeon frees up the affected segment of the bowel, removes the diseased portion, and rejoins the proximal and distal edges with a surgical anastomosis whenever possible.
- Despite meticulous suturing, telescoping techniques, or covering the anastomosis with pedicles of vital tissues, dehiscence may still occur.
- In our 10 failed replants we could initially visualize arterial flow across the anastomosis.
- _Nerve anastomosis_, which seeks to provide a new channel for the transmission of motor impulses to the paralysed muscles, has as yet a restricted field of application -- for example, the tibial and peroneal nerves may be anastomosed when the muscles supplied by one of them are paralysed. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- The latero-lateral anastomosis is performed by placing two vessels parallel to one another and opening them longitudinally by incision or resection of an elliptic flap. Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture