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What is a debridement?

What is a debridement? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
  2. (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
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He was readmitted to the hospital and treated with an arthroscopic debridement of the knee on the 11th postoperative day.
Methods of mechanical debridement include the use of wet-to-dry dressings, whirlpool, and wound irrigation.
Complete detachment of the tendon, debridement, and reattachment should be avoided.
The patient was evaluated by the otolaryngology service and taken to the operating room for endoscopic sinus debridement.
The role of arthroscopic debridement for degenerative arthritis of the knee is controversial.
Twenty-eight of these patients were treated with arthroscopic debridement of the lesion.

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