Ultrasound monitoring during healing process in drained postoperative wound
Buianov, V.M.; Ishutinov, V.D.; Rodoman, G.V.; Kostrova, M.V.; Oganesian, K.S.
Sovetskaia Meditsina 6: 28-30
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-5077 PMID: 1887298 Document Number: 371213
The diagnosis of subclinical suppuration in operative wounds after removal of drainage tubes can be established after ultrasonic investigation of the wound. The ultrasound findings permit control of postoperative purulent complications by taking therapeutic measures to evacuate suppurative wound contents.