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What is a patency?

What is a patency? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) The degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage. Measured in percent.
  2. (uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.
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Fallopian tube patency can be confirmed by detecting an enhanced signal after instilling microbubbles into the uterine cavity.
But the possibility of natural conception depends on the tubal patency and ovulatory function.
Because of the poor prognosis, palliative methods are needed to maintain airway patency.
If she does not conceive naturally within 6-8 months, she should have tubal patency tests for the existing tube.
The exact relationship between coronary artery patency and clinical activity has not been established.
It allows an exact x-ray contrast image to be made of the uterine cavity and the fallopian tubes and is used as a simple test for tubal patency.

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