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What is a sequestrum?

What is a sequestrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A fragment of bone or other dead tissue that has separated during necrosis
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In cases attended with suppuration, the swelling is incised and drained, and if there is a sequestrum, it must be removed.
Two of these patients underwent drilling of the lesions, one underwent internal fixation, and one had a loose body of the osteochondritis sequestrum removed.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from a lung sequestrum of one of the necropsied goats.
Conclusion: The onset of pain and discharge a few months after the injury may imply the formation of a delayed sequestrum.
These procedures may be carried out at the same time as the sequestrum is removed, or after an interval.
In fact, there is less danger in leaving the sequestrum than in attempting to remove it.

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