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Surgical Drainage

When a surgical drain or tube is used to drain blood, pus, and other fluids from an open wound, it is called surgical drainage. The drain should be checked continuously for blockage, as it might result in the fluid and pus getting accumulated, which can cause infection.

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Query: Hello doctor,I am 30 years old and married for the last 3.5 years. One and a half years back, I had a surgery to remove ovarian cyst and fibroid tumor from uterus by laparoscopy. But, somehow one incision area got infected and I was under antibiotic for almost five months. Meantime, I relocated and ...  Read Full »

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Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is unfortunate that you have to undergo repeated surgeries due to the infection. A combined therapeutic approach including surgical drainage, debridement, and prolonged treatment (more than three months) with combined antimicrobial agents, has been used in managing c...  Read Full »

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