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Jackson-Pratt Drain Trans man with two Jackson-Pratt drains after keyhole mastectomy. A Jackson-Pratt drain (also called a JP drain) is a closed-suction medical device that is commonly used as a post-operative drain for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites. The device consists of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb or ...
Open drains are commonly used for superficial wounds and drain into dressings or a stoma bag. Closed drains are tubes or other channel-like structures that are connected to a container, thereby creating a closed system. External drains go from inside the body to outside the body and can be seen, while internal drains are completely inside the body.
Drain (surgery) E. External ventricular drain; J. Jackson-Pratt drain; M. Mikulicz's drain; P. Penrose drain This page was last edited on 3 September 2020, at 00 ...
Home automation for the elderly and disabled focuses on making it possible for older adults and people with disabilities to remain at home, safe and comfortable. Home automation is becoming a viable option for older adults and people with disabilities who would prefer to stay in the comfort of their homes rather than move to a healthcare facility.
Siblings—you can't live with them, but you can't live without them. Unless, of course, you're a 29-year-old horse forced to babysit your rambunctious younger sister!
Three teenagers and a man have appeared in court accused of murdering a homeless man who was attacked while sheltering in a bin shed in central London.
Zendaya revealed in a new interview with W Magazine that she suffered a heatstroke on the set of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” because she stopped drinking water on the film’s very ...
A Penrose drain is a soft, flexible rubber tube used as a surgical drain, to prevent the buildup of fluid in a surgical site. It belongs to the "passive" type of drain, the other broad type being "active". The Penrose drain is named after American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose (1862–1925). [1]