Penrose drain

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 drainage

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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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