external shunt

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external shunt,

a device for the passage of body fluid from one compartment to another. It consists of a tube or catheter (or a series of such containers) that passes from one compartment or cavity to another over the body surface rather than inside the body. See also hemodialysis, hydrocephalus.

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HD hemodiafiltration hemodialysis plasmapheresis			She had an emergency operation to remove fluid build-up and was rushed to Alder Hey for another operation to remove a blood clot from her brain and fit two new external shunts. WALES: 'Wait for her heart to stop was torture' Mum may sue over ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) In the end the doctors had to fit an external shunt. Stuart was given three weeks to live - now he wants to run a ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) The Sundt(tm) internal and external shunts are already well established in the market and unique in their spring reinforcement which resists kinking and allows closure of the vessel to approximately 5 mm prior to shunt removal. INTEGRA DEBUTS LINE OF CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY SHUNTS by Biotech Equipment Update			external iliac artery external iliac node external iliac vein external intercostal muscle external jugular vein external locus of control external malleolus External meatus external nasal vein external oblique line external obturator muscle external occipital crest external occipital protuberance external ophthalmopathy external ophthalmoplegia external pacemaker external perimysium external phase external pin fixation external pterygoid muscle external pudendal vein external radiation therapy external respiration external rotation external secretion external shunt external spermatic artery External Sphincter Electromyography external sphincter muscle of anus external sphincter of female urethra external sphincter of male urethra external traction external urethral opening external urethral orifice external urethrotomy external ventricular drain external version external-beam radiation therapy externalities externalization externalize externship externus exteroception exteroceptive exteroceptor exteroceptors exterofective extima extinction extinguish			External Review Group External Review Panel External ring external root sheath external root sheath external root sheath external root sheath External rotation External rotation External rotation External Rotation Lag Sign External rotator External sandhi External sandhi External Satellite Antenna External Satellite Repair External Science Advisory Board external secretion External Security Bulletin External Security Organization External Segment external sensor External Sensor Lab External Sensory Perception External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment External Service Provider External Services Provider External Shock Wave Lithotripsy external shoe brake External Short Message Entity external shunt external signal External Signaling Option External Simulation Protocol External Situational Awareness external skeletal fixation external skeletal fixation external skeletal fixation external skeletal fixation external skeletal fixation external skeletal fixation External Skeletal Fixation Device External Software Required by CDAT External sort External sorting External Source Quistor with Resonance Ejection External Specification External Speed Expansion external spermatic artery External Sphincter Electromyography external sphincter muscle of anus external sphincter of female urethra external sphincter of female urethra external sphincter of female urethra external sphincter of male urethra external sphincter of male urethra external sphincter of male urethra External Spinal Skeletal Fixation External spore External spore External spore

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