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bou·gie·nage (b

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The examination or treatment of the interior of a canal by the passage of a bougie or cannula.

Bougienage

The procedure of dilating tubal organs, like the esophagus, with a bougie or bougies.

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bougienage [boo″zhĕ-nahzh´]

passage of a bougie.

bougienage

passage of a bougie.

bougienage

Gastroenterology A technique for treating corrosive burns of the esophagus in which a bougie is passed to the point of obstruction and dilated. See Self-bougienage.

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