Sequester (medicine)

This article describes sequesters as a dead piece of tissue. For the anatomical sequesters of the lungs, see pulmonary sequester .

The term sequester refers to a piece of dead tissue that has been demarcated from healthy tissue , for example a piece of bone that has died from bone marrow inflammation . Sequesters hinder wound healing , which is why they are rejected by the body. If this does not happen, they must be surgically removed. This surgical procedure is called "sequestrotomy".

An inflammatory - necrotic tissue reaction around a bone sequester is called an "involucrum".

supporting documents

1. ^ Keyword "Sequester" in Pschyrembel Medical Dictionary. 257th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-933203-04-X , p. 1648.
2. ↑ Sequestrotomy , viewed July 8, 2015.

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