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fistula
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fistula

In medicine, an abnormal pathway developing between adjoining organs or tissues, or leading to the exterior of the body. A fistula developing between the bowel and the bladder, for instance, may give rise to urinary-tract infection by intestinal organisms.



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We also took into account the effects of perilymph fistula (PLF) on the etiology of sudden hearing loss and postoperative outcomes.
Perilymph fistula, for example, may disorient persons to the degree that they cannot move about or deal with complex visual fields without acute distress.
The type of surgical procedures included myringoplasty, tympanoplasty, tympano-ossiculoplasty, tympanomastoidectomy, perilymph fistula repair, and labyrinthectomy.
 
 
 
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