The phrase "alternative drainage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing different methods or systems for managing water flow or waste removal.
Example: "The city is exploring alternative drainage solutions to prevent flooding during heavy rainfall."
Alternatives: "alternative water management" or "alternative waste disposal".
Except in Budd-Chiari syndrome, alternative drainage pathways have been described rarely.
As a counterpart, an alternative drainage system was established with ephemerous watercourses that replaced the main fluvial system (Quattrocchio et al. 2009; Zavala et al. 2005).
This can be achieved by establishing alternative drainage systems like canals or bandha (a kind of retaining wall or dam extending from a few meters below the riverbed to the river's flood level) on either or both sides of the river, to dispose off the entire wastewater on the river's d/s without lowering the DO levels in the river.
An alternative drainage pattern proposed direct drainage to the ipsilateral axilla avoiding the subareolar plexus[ 59, 61 ].
Eastern centers reported catheter tract recurrences after preoperative PTBD and resection of PHC and promoted the use of alternative drainage methods.
Six years of data from an ongoing field study in south central Minnesota (Sands et al., 2008) were used to support a modeling effort with DRAINMOD-NII to investigate: (1) the performance of the model in a region where soils are subject to seasonal freeze thaw and (2) the long-term hydrologic and water quality characteristics of conventional and alternative subsurface drainage practices.
First, this strategy can be used as a less invasive alternative to emergency drainage by laparotomy for patients in bad general condition.
This study was designed to analyse the contribution of CT scan to the management of retropharyngeal abscess in children and the place of CT-guided percutaneous aspiration as an alternative to surgical drainage.
We will continue to work closely with the local community, conservation organisations, local authorities and the NFU to develop alternatives for land drainage in these areas".
13 While the CSF is drained primarily into the venous system where transmission of the larger anti-CD20 molecule should be restricted, an alternative route of CSF drainage leads into deep cervical lymphatics, 14 which may represent the link to the periphery.
However, we believe there is a less invasive alternative to laparotomy for biliary drainage in many cases.
