The phrase 'communicating vessels' is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It is used to refer to two or more containers that are linked together so that their contents are at equal levels. For example, you could say "The oil in the two tanks stayed at equal levels because they were communicating vessels."
We sought to ascertain the frequency and clinical implications of residual vascular communications (RVC) post preferential sequential selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessels (SQLPCV).
Venous drainage of the brain is effected by these sinuses and communicating vessels.
Three-dimensional observations showed no communicating vessels between the gland proper and the capsule.
Conclusion: Selective intrauterine growth retardation in monochorionic twins can be effectively treated with selective laser photocoagulation of the communicating vessels.
On its self-titled debut album, due out Tuesday on Communicating Vessels, most of the tunes work their way into ruts, finding something trancelike in the process.
GERMANY'S relations with America and France have often been like communicating vessels: less of one leads to more of the other.
Conclusion: Our study suggests a relationship between perinatal morbidity and mortality rates and stage in serial amniocentesis but not in selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessel-treated twin-twin transfusion syndrome patients.
Intact neurologic survival (at least 1 surviving infant without neurologic morbidity) was significantly lower in the serial amniocentesis group than in the selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessel group (51.3% vs 78.9%), particularly in stage III and stage IV (23.5% vs 72.7% in stage IV).
A wine-colored mass bulging from the surface of the left lobe of the thymus was identified along with the communicating vessel which could only be cut with an energy device.
A wine-colored mass bulging from the surface of the left lobe of the thymus was identified (Fig. 2a) along with the communicating vessel (Fig. 2b), which could only be cut with an energy device.
The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of fetofetal transfusion syndrome in triplet pregnancies after treatment with endoscopic laser ablation of communicating placental vessels.
