Tamponade

A tamponade referred to in medicine, the filling of natural or artificial cavities or openings with a tampon (French, graft ',' ball ',' peg '), mostly from dressing ( gauze). This is mostly hemostasis. The filler is also called tamponade.

In addition, the completion of a body cavity with blood or blood clots is called by this term.

Examples

  • Nasal packing after ENT surgery (especially in the sinuses for hemostasis )
  • Wound tamponade in secondary -healing wounds ( "from below can zugranulieren " )
  • Pericardial tamponade Fluid or blood accumulation in the pericardial cavity
  • Blasentamponade Filling the bladder with blood clots with a result of urinary retention
  • Zystentamponade Filling the cavity left behind after surgery
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