Signs and symptoms of an effusion vary depending on the underlying disease, but dyspnea, cough, and pleuritic chest pain are common. Chest examination of a patient with pleural effusion is notable for dullness to percussion, decreased or absent tactile fremitus, decreased breath sounds, and no voice transmission.
Medical Definition of velamentous insertion. : attachment of the umbilical cord to the chorion beyond the margin of the placenta.
Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) Augmentation means to add to, vertebral indicates a vertebra, and percutaneous means through the skin. PVA is minimally invasive procedure to augment a vertebra that has fractured because of osteoporosis or injury to the spine. There are two types of PVA: kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty. Vertebroplasty