Sentence examples for of a catheter from inspiring English sources
They inflated a balloon on the tip of a catheter to open the blocked artery and to place a mesh tube or stent to keep the artery open.
Angiograms, on the other hand, require insertion of a catheter through a blood vessel in the groin, a longer procedure that carries a risk of more immediate complications.
She pulled down the neck of her T-shirt to reveal the plastic ends of a catheter protruding from her chest, beneath a dressing and medical tape.
Alvarez was also struck by the sight of a catheter running out of Jackson's penis – a urine-collecting device usually used on patients knocked unconscious for major surgery.
The scans are now widely promoted as a noninvasive alternative to tests like angiography, which requires the insertion of a catheter into the blood vessels and can cost thousands of dollars.
Because of the damage to his urethra, Chamberlain often required the use of a catheter, which created a fistula at the base of his penis.
She recites anguished, fearful complaints and observations her father made -- about the hallucinations he was having or the discomforts of a catheter -- to a recorded laugh track.
Breakage or shearing of a catheter occurs rarely.
OGTTs were completed following insertion of a catheter.
The overall failure rate (defined as cases that required reinsertion of a catheter) was 7.8%.
No patient with a postvoid residual of ≤32% required reinsertion of a catheter.
