Therapeutic irrigation
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| Therapeutic irrigation | |
|---|---|
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| ICD-10-PCS | 3E1 |
| ICD-9-CM | 96.3-96.5 |
| MeSH | D007507 |
In medicine, therapeutic irrigation or lavage (/ləˈvɑːʒ/ Script error: No such module "Respell". or /ˈlævɪdʒ/ Script error: No such module "Respell".) is cleaning or rinsing.
Types
Specific types include:
- Antral lavage
- Antiseptic lavage
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Whole lung lavage
- Gastric lavage
- Peritoneal lavage
- Arthroscopic lavage
- Ductal lavage
- Nasal irrigation
- Ear lavage
- Pulsed lavage - delivery of an irrigant (usually normal saline) under direct pressure that is produced by an electrically powered device, useful in cleaning e.g. chronic wounds.[1]
- Wound irrigation
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See also
- Douche
- Ear picking
- Enema
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Life extension
- Regenerative medicine
- Teeth cleaning
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Luedtke-Hoffmann KA, Schafer DS (March 2000). "Pulsed lavage in wound cleansing". Phys Ther. 80 (3): 292–300. doi:10.1093/ptj/80.3.292. PMID 10696155.
