Drainage in surgery: history, theory, drainage procedures
Ziubryts'kyĭ, M.M.; Slabins'kyĭ, V.V.; Stryshka, R.I.; Onufran, S.M.
Klinichna Khirurhiia 4: 35-37
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2130 PMID: 21698932 Document Number: 648376
Brief historical review of drainage procedures of the wounds and abdominal cavity was adduced. The main mechanisms of the drainage process, from the hydrodynamics laws point, were discussed. There was shown, that drainage occurs due to hydrostatic tissue of liquid and the capillarity laws. The main modern draining gears were analyzed and a comparative characteristics of their efficacy was adduced, depending on the drain construction and clinical situation present.