Obstruction (medicine)

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In medicine, obstruction ( Latin obstructio , closure) denotes the complete closure of a hollow organ by relocation, constipation or compression (constriction from the outside).

Examples

• Obstructio canaliculi lacrimalis , see tear ducts # Constipation and constriction
• Obstructio herniae , see hernia # complications
• Obstructive atelectasis , see atelectasis # forms
• Obstructive emphysema , see pulmonary emphysema
• Obstruction hydrocephalus
• Obstructive icterus , see Jaundice # Cholestatic jaundice
• Obstructive ileus , see intestinal obstruction # obstruction
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• Urinary obstruction

See also

• Obturation
• Occlusion (medicine)
• Obliteration
• Constipation
• Stenosis
• Vaso-occlusion
• Vasoconstriction

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The little Stowasser . Munich 1971.
2. ↑ D. Reiche u. a .: Roche Lexicon Medicine. Verlag Elsevier Health Sciences, 2003, ISBN 3-437-15156-8 , p. 1351, books.google.de

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