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surgical debridement

surgical debridement

[‚sər·ji·kəl də′brēd·mənt]
(medicine)
The removal of foreign material and devitalized tissue using a scalpel or other sharp instrument.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Classical treatment approach is aggressive surgical debridement of the regions with necrotic tissue ischemia (1).
Antibiotic therapy with broad-spectrum antibiotics, repeated surgical debridement, and intensive care support should be promptly instituted.
Our experience suggests that surgical debridement of these chronic, persistent demucosalized wounds may be an effective management strategy for patients who develop this unusual and rare postoperative complication.
The selected patients underwent screening for a period of one to two weeks, to stabilise the wound and institute appropriate medical and surgical line of treatment like diabetic control, control of infection by initiating appropriate antibiotic based on culture sensitivity report, surgical debridement, correction of anaemia and correction of other medical illness.
[2] Aggressive fluid resuscitation, early surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotic therapy are crucial in the management of this debilitating disease.
The combination therapy of early and totally surgical debridement of necrotic tissues and appropriate antibiotic use are adequate to control Rhizobium radiobacter infection in FG.
Management of FG is aggressive and multimodal, consisting of resuscitation, broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical debridement. [1,3] Diversion of urine and stool may be necessary.
Surgical debridement of necrotic tissues of nasal wall and palate was performed successfully.
CHICAGO -- Pediatric patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis who received purely supportive care and surgical debridement had poorer outcomes, compared with other treatment modalities, a systematic review suggested.
The main treatment modalities included supportive care alone, IVIG, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, surgical debridement, and biologies.
General physical activities (Fitness for your feet) Medication (anti-inflammatory and vaso-dilatation, infection control) Modern dressing of chronic wounds Revascularisation (surgically or through interventional radiology) Surgical debridement, skin craft, amputation (if the diagnosis was made too late or all other measures failed)
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