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For incisional abscesses, it is recommended that incision and drainage is followed by covering the area with a thin layer of gauze followed by sterile dressing. The dressing should be changed and the wound irrigated with normal saline at least twice each day. [4]
Culdocentesis is a medical procedure involving the extraction of fluid from the rectouterine pouch (pouch of Douglas) [1] posterior to the vagina through a needle. It can be one diagnostic technique used in identifying pelvic inflammatory disease (in which case purulent fluid will be extracted) and ruptured ectopic pregnancies that cause hemoperitoneum.
Pelvic abscess is a collection of pus in the pelvis, typically occurring following lower abdominal surgical procedures, or as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), appendicitis, or lower genital tract infections. [1] Signs and symptoms include a high fever, pelvic mass, vaginal bleeding or discharge, and lower abdominal pain. [1]
625.5 Pelvic congestion syndrome; 625.6 Incontinence, stress, female; 625.7 Vulvodynia; 626 Disorders of menstruation and other abnormal bleeding from female 626.0 Absence of menstruation. Amenorrhea; 626.1 Scanty or infrequent menstruation. Oligomenorrhea; 626.2 Excessive or frequent menstruation; 626.6 Metrorrhagia; 627 Menopausal and ...
The purpose of a drain is to prevent fluid (blood or other) build-up in a closed ("dead") space, [2] which may cause either disruption of the wound and the healing process or become an infected abscess, with either scenario possibly requiring a formal drainage/repair procedure (and possibly another trip to the operating room).
Drainage of: intracranial hygroma, subarachnoid abscess (cerebral), subdural empyema Lobotomy and tractotomy. Percutaneous (radiofrequency) cingulotomy Other incision of brain Amygdalohippocampotomy; Drainage of intracerebral hematoma Operations on thalamus and globus pallidus Operations on thalamus Chemothalamectomy; Thalamotomy
drainage of urine from the kidney by percutaneous (through the skin) nephrostomy; drainage of fluid collections, e.g. an abdominal abscess; pigtail catheter: used to drain air from around the lung (pneumothorax) administration of intravenous fluids, medication or parenteral nutrition with a peripheral venous catheter or central venous catheter
The needle is removed, leaving the plastic sheath to allow drainage of the fluid. The fluid is drained by gravity, a syringe, or by connection to a vacuum bottle. Several litres of fluid may be drained during the procedure; however, if more than two litres are to be drained, it will usually be done over the course of several treatments. [6]