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  2. Paronychia - Wikipedia

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    Treatment typically involves antibiotics for bacterial infections and antifungals for fungal infections. If there is pus formation, incision and drainage may be necessary. [2] Paronychia is commonly mistakenly used interchangeably with herpetic whitlow or felon, which are distinct conditions. [2]

  3. Whitlow - Wikipedia

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    A whitlow or felon is an infection of the tip of the finger. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ a ] Herpetic whitlow and melanotic whitlow (subungual melanoma) are subtypes that are not synonymous with the term felon . A felon is an "extremely painful abscess on the palmar aspect of the fingertip". [ 6 ]

  4. Incision and drainage - Wikipedia

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    Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess

  5. Herpetic whitlow - Wikipedia

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    A herpetic whitlow is a herpes lesion , typically on a finger or thumb, caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Occasionally infection occurs on the toes or on the nail cuticle. Herpes whitlow can be caused by infection by HSV-1 or HSV-2. [1]

  6. Drain (surgery) - Wikipedia

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    Blake drain - a round silicone tube with channels that carry fluid to a negative pressure collection device. Drainage is thought to be achieved by capillary action, allowing fluid to travel through the open grooves into a closed cross section, which contains the fluid and allows it to be suctioned through the tube. [2]

  7. Kanavel's cardinal signs - Wikipedia

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    Kanavel's sign is a clinical sign found in patients with infection of a flexor tendon sheath in the hand (pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis), a serious condition which can cause rapid loss of function of the affected finger. [1] The sign consists of four components: [2] the affected finger is held in slight flexion.

  8. Travel Guru Rick Steves Says Prostate Surgery 'Incontinence ...

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    Rick Steves says prostate surgery has given him an unexpected insight.. Steves, author of more than 100 travel guides and host of the long-running PBS Series Rick Steves' Europe, was diagnosed ...

  9. Thoracostomy - Wikipedia

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    A thoracostomy is a small incision of the chest wall, [1] with maintenance of the opening for drainage. [2] It is most commonly used for the treatment of a pneumothorax.This is performed by physicians, paramedics, and nurses usually via needle thoracostomy or an incision into the chest wall with the insertion of a thoracostomy tube (chest tube) or with a hemostat and the provider's finger ...