fístula

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fistula.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fís‧tu‧la

Noun

fístula f (plural fístulas)

  1. (medicine) fistula

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fistula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfistula/
  • Rhymes: -istula
  • Syllabification: fís‧tu‧la

Noun

fístula f (plural fístulas)

  1. (medicine) fistula
    • 2003, Asociación Española de Urología, Actas Urológicas Españolas : TRASPLANTE RENAL EN PACIENTES CON ENTEROCISTOPLAS…:
      El caso 3 presentó una fístula urinaria secundaria a desinserción del uréter al asa ileal que precisó reimplantar el uréter a la neovejiga colónica, descubriéndose en esta cirugía una litiasis en el uréter proximal del injerto que conseguimos extraer mediante ureterolitotomía.
      Case #3 presented a urinary fistula following disinsertion of the ureter to the ileal conduit which necessitated reimplanting the ureter to the colonic neobladder, uncovering during the surgery a lithiasis in the graft's proximal ureter which we managed to extract by ureterolithotomy.

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