Usually means: Flexible tube for wound drainage.
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▸ noun:  (surgery) A flexible rubber tube used to prevent the buildup of fluid during surgery.

Similar:
counterdrain, superdrainage, Replogle tube, pyoperitoneum, overtube, issue, colpotomy, debrider, hydrolaparoscopy, capnopneumoperitoneum, more...

Types:
Jackson-Pratt drain, Hemovac drain, Pleur-Evac drain, Blakley drain, Mehrardrain, more...

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Similar:
counterdrain, superdrainage, Replogle tube, pyoperitoneum, overtube, issue, colpotomy, debrider, hydrolaparoscopy, capnopneumoperitoneum, more...

Types:
Jackson-Pratt drain, Hemovac drain, Pleur-Evac drain, Blakley drain, Mehrardrain, more...



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