NOUN
- the property of being easy to see and understand
- the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
How To Use patency In A Sentence
- David tilted her head back to give her throat maximum patency. DO NO HARM
- Preferred access at any age: Comparison by interventional radiologists shows no difference in 'patency' or openness of arteriovenous (AV) fistulas EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- Fallopian tube patency can be confirmed by detecting an enhanced signal after instilling microbubbles into the uterine cavity.
- Subsequent modifications in the technique resulted in long term maintenance of shunt patency and infrequent migration of the internal stents.
- Advance PTX is designed to increase long-term patency in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is one of the first PTA balloon catheters to be coated with paclitaxel, an antiproliferative drug that has been used successfully to reduce the risk of arterial restenosis following angioplasty in coronary disease patients. Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
- Tracheobronchial stents effectively restore airway patency in selected patients with large airway obstruction and palliate symptoms of fistulae in a relatively noninvasive fashion.
- The seasonal peak of Leptospirosis was not patency in Huaibei plain and Jianghuai hilly region.
- Cricothyrotomy - a medical procedure involving an incision being made between the cricoid and thyroid cartilages to maintain patency of the airway.
- Using an operating microscope, the cut and often fibrosed ends of the vas deferens are dissected free from surrounding tissue and anastomosed using fine nylon sutures to re-establish patency.
- Because of the poor prognosis, palliative methods are needed to maintain airway patency.
