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Definition of Recanalization
1. canalization [n -S] - See also: canalization
Medical Definition of Recanalization
1. 1. Restoration of a lumen in a blood vessel following thrombotic occlusion, by organization of the thrombus with formation of new channels. 2. Spontaneous restoration of the continuity of the lumen of any occluded duct or tube, as with post-vasectomy recanalization. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recanalization
Literary usage of Recanalization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"... following occlusion by thrombosis with partial recanalization of the organized
thrombus, has become changed by the process of syphilis so that its ..."
2. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum (1916)
"With the organization of the clot and its recanalization, together with the
development of collateral channels, ..."
3. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"It also supports studies of medical technologies and procedures (eg, thrombolytic
therapy for blood vessel recanalization, extra- and intracranial bypass ..."
4. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"... into the entire length of tube to observe the tubal lumen and also may be
useful therapeutically for the recanalization of tubes. ..."
5. Principles of Surgery by Worcester Allen Bryan (1913)
"Occasionally after a process of this kind recanalization of the vessel occurs,
which allows it to carry a part of its normal quantity of blood, although the ..."
6. Proceedings of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on edited by Judith H. LaRosa, Michael J. Horan, Eugene R. Passamani (1996)
"Detection of reperfusion within one hour after coronary recanalization by analysis
of isoforms of the MM creatine kinase isoenzyme in plasma. ..."