Therapeutic irrigation

In medicine, therapeutic irrigation or lavage ( or ) is cleaning or rinsing.

Types

Specific types include:

• Antral lavage
• Antiseptic lavage
• Bronchoalveolar lavage
• Whole lung lavage
• Gastric lavage
• Peritoneal lavage
• Arthroscopic lavage
• Ductal lavage
• Nasal irrigation
• Ear lavage
• Pulsed lavage - delivery of an irrigant (usually normal saline) under direct pressure that is produced by an electrically powered device, useful in cleaning e.g. chronic wounds.
• Wound irrigation

See also

• Douche
• Ear picking
• Enema
• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Life extension
• Regenerative medicine
• Teeth cleaning

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