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  • noun The insertion of a cannula

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  • noun the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Examples

  • In rare cases, a specialized delivery technique, known as the Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) procedure, which offers immediate ECMO cannulation, may be an option.

    Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) 2010

  • Cserni T, Jozsa T, Csizy I, Carr MC, Canning DA, Rushton HG: The danger of intraoperative antegrade cannulation of the ureter in infancy and early childhood.

    Publications of the Urology Division 2010

  • After I was symbolically poked as a sacrifice to the gods of successful IV cannulation, the ritual began in earnest ...

    j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2009

  • I talked a lot with John Sprent, the son of my parasitology professor in Brisbane, who taught me how to do lymph duct cannulation in mice.

    Peter C. Doherty - Autobiography 1997

  • By then, Mark and Abby were already finishing up the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

  • Mark, with Abby retracting, was already starting on the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

  • Mark, with Abby retracting, was already starting on the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

  • By then, Mark and Abby were already finishing up the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

  • By then, Mark and Abby were already finishing up the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

  • Mark, with Abby retracting, was already starting on the venous cannulation.

    Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996

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