Penrose drain

drain (drān) any device by which a channel or open area may be established for exit of fluids or purulent material from a cavity, wound, or infected area.

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controlled drain  a square of gauze, filled with gauze strips, pressed into a wound, the corners of the square and ends of the strips left protruding.

Mikulicz drain  a single layer of gauze, packed with several thick wicks of gauze, pushed into a wound cavity.

Penrose drain  a thin rubber tube, usually 0.5 to 1 inch in diameter.

stab wound drain  one brought out through a small puncture wound at some distance from the operative incision, to prevent infection of the operation wound.

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Penrose drain

Etymology: Charles B. Penrose, American surgeon, 1862-1925; AS, draehen, teardrop

a thin rubber tube used as a surgical drain device.

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drain,

n 1. a substance that provides a channel for release or discharge from a wound.
v 2. to release or remove a fluid substance.

drain, cigarette,

n See drain, Penrose.

drain, Penrose (cigarette),

n.pr a thin-walled rubber tube through which a piece of gauze has been pulled.

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Penrose drain

see Penrose drain.

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Penrose drain

Surgery A pliable rubber tube drain used to promote surgical wound drainage