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WANGENSTEENS APPARATUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A nasal suction apparatus connected with a duodenal tube for aspirating gas and fluid from the stomach and intestine.

OBS

Apparatus used in Wangensteen suction. Called also Wangensteen appliance. Wangensteen, Owen Harding (1898-1981), American surgeon ... devised the Wangensteen apparatus in 1932 for the relief of distension in case of intestinal obstruction.

OBS

The term "Wangensteen suction" also refers to the method of draining fluid or secretions from body cavities (as the stomach) by means of this apparatus.

OBS

According to many sources, the term "Wangensteen tube" is used as a synonym of the complete suction apparatus, although they refer to two different things.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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