Suction drainage. A study in wound healing

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This paper relates the results of a clinical investigation into the value of suction drainage in general surgery which has covered 5 years and was conducted under some measure of control. The number of drained wounds observed is 1193; the results obtained show that the method produces great improvement in the healing of operations on the genito-urinary tract. In operations on the breast and thyroid, in herniotomies in which drainage has been indicated, and in a miscellaneous group, some improvement has been noted clinically. In the biliary tract fringe benefits have also occurred, but in these five groups statistical analysis of the figures obtained has not disclosed truly significant differences. It has not been found satisfactory in operations involving the lumen of the alimentary tract or in cases where frank infection with purulent exudate was present at operation. The results of two other investigations are also shown. One related to comparative studies of Lugol's solution, iodophor solution, and antibiotic sprays as methods of preoperative preparation, and the other to the time of the preliminary preoperative skin preparation and the effect this may have on wound healing.

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