extrophy

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extrophy

n. extrofia. V.: eversion
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Among them is Dr Joao Pippi Salle, Sidra Medicine's Division Chief of Urology, who has recently published a paper in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association on a pioneering procedure to treat bladder extrophy " a congenital anomaly that most notably involves protrusion of the urinary bladder through a defect in the abdominal wall.
describe a case of AWE in a 26-year-old female with a history of surgery related to bladder extrophy in her neonatal and infantile periods (8).
The condition encompasses variably sized 'simple' abdominal wall defects with no associated abnormalities, to those associated with a spectrum of congenitally acquired abnormalities that include BeckwithWiedemann syndrome, 'omphalocoele, extrophy, imperforate anus, spinal' (OEIS) complex and the pentalogy of Cantrell.
She had also bladder extrophy and right sided inguinal hernia.
Akbas et Alternative study focus al., "Bladder extrophy," Fetal & Focus: bladder exstrophy Pediatric Pathology, vol.
The final language also may include a "precaution" about using Rotarix in children with spina bifida, bladder extrophy, or other conditions that predispose to acquiring latex allergy.
In an unusual case reported by Tinckler (5) three separate appendices were found to arise from a single caecum in a child with extrophy of the urinary bladder.
El complejo cuerpo extremidad, el complejo OEIS (del ingles onphalocele, extrophy, imperforated ano, spinal defects) y la anomalia cordon corto, son 3 entidades que comparten alteraciones estructurales incompatibles con la vida y una prevalencia muy baja en la poblacion general En la literatura, la etiologia de estas malformaciones ha sido estudiada por separado.
Many urology patients are allergic to latex, in fact, children with myelomeningocele and bladder extrophy have such an increased incidence of latex allergy that it is recommended that latex precautions are used on all patients with these diagnoses.
Christchurch stomal therapist Beth Dunstan presented a case study on bladder extrophy, ie where the bladder is outside the body.
When her baby was born with extrophy of the bladder, I felt heartsick.
Disabilities also include those with abnormal formation of the bladder, such as bladder extrophy, where the abdominal wall fails to close, leaving the inside of the bladder exposed; or epispadias, where the urinary opening is on the top of the penis.
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