Tamponade

In medicine, a tamponade refers to the filling of natural or artificial cavities or openings with a tampon ( French: 'plug', 'bausch', 'plug' ), mostly made of bandage material ( gauze ). This is mostly used to stop bleeding . The filler is also called a tamponade.

Filling a body cavity with blood or blood clots is also referred to with this term.

Examples

• Nasal packing

  after ENT surgery (especially on the paranasal sinuses to stop bleeding)

• Wound packing

  for secondary healing wounds (" let granulate from below ")

• Pericardial tamponade

  Accumulation of fluid or blood in the pericardial cavity

• Bladder tamponade

  Filling of the urinary bladder with blood clots resulting in urinary retention

• Cyst packing

  Filling in the cavity left behind after the operation

See also

• Tamponage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden: Tamponade.

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