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Investigative Techniques > Therapeutic Irrigation > Peritoneal Lavage
... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Hydrotherapy > Therapeutic Irrigation > Peritoneal Lavage
... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Hydrotherapy > Therapeutic Irrigation > Peritoneal Lavage
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Hydrotherapy > Therapeutic Irrigation > Peritoneal Lavage
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Hydrotherapy > Therapeutic Irrigation > Peritoneal Lavage

Preferred term

Peritoneal Lavage  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Washing out of the peritoneal cavity. The procedure is a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic technique following abdominal trauma or inflammation.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Irrigation, Peritoneal
  • Lavage, Peritoneal
  • Peritoneal Irrigation

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L7TSWW7V-7

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