Sentence examples for underlying obstruction from inspiring English sources

However, there are no dedicated or licensed tubes available for this purpose, and owing to the increased intracolonic pressure from the underlying obstruction, there is a high risk of fecal leak and peritonitis.

We sought to systematically collect explanted ventricular catheters from Seattle Children's Hospital with a focus on elucidating cellular mechanisms underlying obstruction.

This might be because of the fact that, until recently, surfactant preparations had a high viscosity that made it unsuitable for lavage and caused airway obstruction in these patients with an already underlying obstructive airway disease.

The definitive treatment for cholangitis is relief of the underlying biliary obstruction.

Cytoadherence and decreased pliability are the main mechanisms underlying vascular obstruction [ 9, 17- 21].

Risk factors that may predict need for ILV post-single lung transplant for COPD include severity of underlying airway obstruction, peri-operative injury to the donor lung and size of donor lung [ 60].

Especially in the vulnerable population of very preterm infants, diagnosis before the occurrence of irreversible intestinal ischemia may be difficult due to a lack of specific radiological or ultrasound features revealing the underlying strangulating obstruction [ 4] and the rapid progression of ischemic bowel damage.

Our hypothesis is that inspecting the UPJ during pyeloplasty may not be a sufficient way to delineate the underlying cause of obstruction in every individual.

In patients with clinical and/or radiographic diagnosis of large bowel obstruction, which is caused by CRC in almost 60%% of cases, retrograde colonic distension is unnecessary because standard enhanced MDCT reliably evaluates the site and underlying cause of obstruction thanks to the intrinsic contrast provided by the upstream dilatation with endoluminal fluid [15].

Several clinical factors, including peptic ulcer disease, diverticulitis, intestinal obstruction, underlying cancer, recent endoscopy, abdominal radiotherapy, steroid or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use, and bowel resection at surgery, were considered to increase the risk of GI perforation in patients treated with bevacizumab [11 15].

Underlying causes of obstruction were attributed to small ventricular size, catheter position, choroid plexus migration, build-up of cellular debris, inflammatory processes, or CSF overdrainage.