debridement
IPA: dˈɛbrˈaɪdmʌnt
noun
- (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
- (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
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Examples of "debridement" in Sentences
- The FDA has approved maggot debridement.
- Osteomyelitis also may require surgical debridement.
- The stuff about wound debridement belongs in Debridement.
- Other treatments include debridement and surgical amputation.
- Dead and infected tissue should be removed by surgical debridement.
- Debridement and or amputation of necrotic tissue is usually delayed.
- Ideally this debridement would terminate exactly at the apical foramen.
- A controversial area of therapy is gingival curettage during debridement.
- In such cases, the wounds were treated by debridement and the wound packed.
- The debridement of necrotic tissue is a prerequisite for successful wound care.
- Pollyanna spent six weeks in hospital, going to the operating theatre for 'debridement'
- Webb underwent a surgery known as a debridement, which cleaned up his rotator cuff and labrum.
- To allow such wounds to heal, doctors remove infected or dead tissue with scalpels or enzymes, a process they call debridement.
- Webb had shoulder surgery in August, a so-called "debridement" procedure that amounted to a clean-up of his rotator cuff and labrum.
- The theory has been that maggots are effective because they "clean out" dead tissue - a process called debridement - stimulating healing and getting rid of bugs such as MRSA in the process.
- Although most injuries to the talus can be successfully treated using traditional "first-line" therapies involving removal of dead tissue (called "debridement") and drilling, about one-fifth to one-quarter of people with ankle injuries need additional "second-line" restorative treatment to heal successfully, said lead author Matthew Mitchell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Casper, Wyoming.
- "The purposes of this study were to report our experiences with high-energy wartime extremity wounds, to define the prevalence of heterotopic ossification in these patients, and to determine the factors that might lead to development of the condition," said lead author Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Agner Forsberg, MD. Dr. Forsberg and his team compared data from 243 patients who were treated for orthopaedic injuries between March 1, 2003 and December 31, 2006 at the medical center, including patients who underwent: amputation external or internal fixation of one or more fractures removal of damaged, dead or infected tissue, or 'debridement'