False passage

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(Surg.)

an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.

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No references found			When staff tried to insert new tracheostomies, they fell into the false passage instead of her airway. 'Kit wouldn't have saved baby Layla' by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) 2) * Complications encountered during the early postoperative period include bleeding, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema, wound dehiscence, apnea with hypotension, and false passage. Airway obstruction by granulation tissue within a fenestrated ... by Reidy, Patrick / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Care should be taken not to break the thin medial bulla wall and thereby create a false passage. Where is the ostium of the ethmoid bulla? by Christmas, Dewey A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			false joint false keel false key false labor False leg false lily of the valley False loosestrife false lupine false mallow False membrane false memory syndrome false mildew false mistletoe false miterwort false mitrewort false morel false move False myrrh false name false negative false nettle false oat false origin False papers false parallax False passage False personation false pimpernel false position false positive false pregnancy false pretence false pretences false pretense False pretenses False quarter false ragweed False rail false relation false return false rib false ribs False roof false rue false rue anemone false saber-toothed tiger false saffron false sago False sandalwood false sarsaparilla false scorpion			false nostril cyst false nostril cyst false nostril cyst false nucleolus false oat False oat-grass False oat-grass false ogive false oolith False or Unsubstantiated Claims of Corruption false origin false overhang false oxlip false oxlips false p false p false p false p False Packet Detection false pain false pains false pains false pains false pains False papers false parallax False parasol False parasol False parasol mushroom False parasol mushroom False passage false pelvis false pelvis false pelvis False pennyroyal False personation False personation false personification False perspective False perspective False perspective false pile false pimpernel False pipefish false plate false plate false plea false pneumothorax false pneumothorax false pneumothorax False position False position method False position method false positive false positive false positive false positive false positive false positive error false positive HIV testing False Positive Rate

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