drain
[drān]1. to withdraw liquid gradually.
2. 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. See also wound healing.
Top, Jackson-Pratt drain. Bottom, Penrose drain. From Lammon et al., 1995.
cigarette drain a drain made by drawing a small strip of gauze or surgical sponge into a rubber tube; called also Penrose drain.
Jackson-Pratt drain a closed wound drainage system comprising a drainage tube and collection vessel.
Penrose drain
1. cigarette drain.
2. a thin rubber tube that facilitates drainage from a closed or partially closed area.
sump drain a double-lumen drain that allows air entering the drained area through the smaller lumen to displace fluid into the larger lumen.
sump-Penrose drain a triple-lumen drain formed by placing a double-lumen tube within a Penrose drain.
wound drain see wound drain.
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Pen·rose drain
(pen'rōz),a soft, tubular, rubberlike drain.
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Penrose drain
Surgery A pliable rubber tube drain used to promote surgical wound drainageMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Pen·rose drain
(pen'rōz drān)A soft, tube-shaped rubber drain.
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Penrose,
Charles B., U.S. gynecologist, 1862-1925.Penrose drain - a soft tube-shaped rubber drain.
Penrose tourniquet
Penrose tube
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Pen·rose drain
(pen'rōz drān)A soft, tube-shaped rubber drain.
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