Biomaterial Database

Closed wound suction drainage. 1985

S D Chinn, and A Burns

Closed wound suction drainage may have application to certain podiatric surgical procedures. It can be used to reduce postoperative edema and hematoma formation, decrease the possibility of infection, and minimize the chance of external contamination of the surgical site. Certain conditions that may occur after podiatric surgical procedures and that are detrimental to the healing and rehabilitation of the patient but can be obviated by the use of closed suction drainage are illustrated. Drains should be considered in any podiatric surgical procedure that results in the creation of large voids or causes substantial bleeding as occurs in large resections of bone. Included in this would be any plastic surgical procedures or amputations of the foot.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011032	Podiatry	A specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders and injuries and anatomic defects of the foot.	Chiropody
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011312	Pressure	A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Pressures
D002404	Catheterization	Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions.	Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
D005528	Foot	The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalanges; and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.	Feet
D006406	Hematoma	A collection of blood outside the BLOOD VESSELS. Hematoma can be localized in an organ, space, or tissue.	Hematomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013396	Suction	The removal of secretions, gas or fluid from hollow or tubular organs or cavities by means of a tube and a device that acts on negative pressure.	Aspiration, Mechanical,Drainage, Suction,Aspirations, Mechanical,Drainages, Suction,Mechanical Aspiration,Mechanical Aspirations,Suction Drainage,Suction Drainages,Suctions
D014946	Wound Infection	Invasion of a wound by pathogenic microorganisms.	Infection, Wound,Infections, Wound,Wound Infections