dilatation

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Both improvement in nutritional status and sustained oesophageal patency should be the reference points to a successful dilatation.
改善營養(yǎng)狀況并進行持續(xù)的食道擴張應是擴張術成功的關鍵所在。
The majority of oesophageal caustic strictures in children are observed late, when dilatation procedures are likely to be more difficult and carry a significantly higher recurrence rate.
大多數(shù)兒童食道腐蝕性狹窄發(fā)現(xiàn)較晚，此時進行擴張手術可能較為困難，而且復發(fā)率大大提高。
Incompetent cervix is characterized by dilatation of the cervix without cramps.
宮頸管機能不全的特征是宮頸擴張但無腹痛。
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For my purposes, I would most likely consider DF-4 in a patient with the combination of being thin (to minimize pocket bulk), elderly or inactive (less likely to have lead fracture), without pacing indications (unlikely to need device downgrade in future), and without marked LV dilatation or very low EF (less likely to have high DFT or pacing threshold problems).
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the process of becoming wider or more open, or the act of making something do this