 Debridement
"Debridement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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D003646
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.176
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Debridement" by people in Profiles.
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Jacoby A, Stranix JT, Cohen O, Louie E, Balsam LB, Levine JP. Flap coverage for the treatment of exposed left ventricular assist device (LVAD) hardware and intractable LVAD infections. J Card Surg. 2017 Nov; 32(11):732-737.
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Balsam LB, Louie E, Hill F, Levine J, Phillips MS. Mycobacterium chimaera left ventricular assist device infections. J Card Surg. 2017 Jun; 32(6):402-404.
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Rubinfeld G, Levine JP, Reyentovich A, DeAnda A, Balsam LB. Management of Rapidly Ascending Driveline Tunnel Infection. J Card Surg. 2015 Nov; 30(11):853-5.
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Noyes AM, Ramu B, Parker MW, Underhill D, Gluck JA. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Surgery for Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Aorto-Atrial Fistula and Cardiopulmonary Collapse. Tex Heart Inst J. 2015 Oct; 42(5):471-3.
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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Pyopericarditis in diabetes mellitus: some worthy considerations. Diabet Med. 2015 Apr; 32(4):569.
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DaCosta RS, Kulbatski I, Lindvere-Teene L, Starr D, Blackmore K, Silver JI, Opoku J, Wu YC, Medeiros PJ, Xu W, Xu L, Wilson BC, Rosen C, Linden R. Point-of-care autofluorescence imaging for real-time sampling and treatment guidance of bioburden in chronic wounds: first-in-human results. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0116623.
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Psoinos CM, Flahive JM, Shaw JJ, Li Y, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Santry HP. Contemporary trends in necrotizing soft-tissue infections in the United States. Surgery. 2013 Jun; 153(6):819-27.
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Perli D, Martone C, Rapose A. Naltrexone-induced Nicolau syndrome masquerading as cutaneous abscess. BMJ Case Rep. 2012; 2012.
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Smith DE, DeAnda A, Towe CW, Balsam LB. Retroaortic abscess: an unusual complication of a retained epicardial pacing wire. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Feb; 16(2):221-3.
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Dipaola CP, Saravanja DD, Boriani L, Zhang H, Boyd MC, Kwon BK, Paquette SJ, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Street JT. Postoperative infection treatment score for the spine (PITSS): construction and validation of a predictive model to define need for single versus multiple irrigation and debridement for spinal surgical site infection. Spine J. 2012 Mar; 12(3):218-30.
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