Redon drainage

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Redon drainage

The Redon drainage is an external suction drainage that is usually left temporarily in the operating area after major surgical interventions . Mostly it lies in the joint or subcutaneous fatty tissue . It was named after the French oral surgeon Henry Redon .

The Redon drainage system consists of a thick-walled drainage tube, which is perforated several times at the end, and a container under negative pressure. By the suction are wound surfaces contracted, whereby a faster application and merging is possible, and the wound fluid (blood and serous fluid) is derived to the outside. Depending on the wound secretion , the drain is removed after about 48 to 72 hours.

Redon drains come in different sizes, with both controlled and uncontrolled suction.

literature

  • H. Redon, A. Jost, A. Troques: Closure under reduced atmospheric pressure of extensive wounds . Mem Acad Chir (Paris). 1954 Mar 24-Apr 7; 80 (12-14): 394-6.
  • U. Kamphausen, N. Menche, K. Protz: Supply of wound drainage . In: Care Today. Urban & Fischer Verlag at Elsevier GmbH, Munich 2011; Pp. 638-640
  • Bernhard Uhl: OP manual for gynecology and obstetrics: Everything for the operating room and the ward . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2012, p. 11 ( online )
  • Gernot Marx, Elke Muhl, Kai Zacharowski, Stefan Zeuzem: The intensive care medicine . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015, p. 391 ( online )
  • Peter M. Vogt: Practice of plastic surgery . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2011, p. 55 ( online )

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