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Lavage
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 wound
s.
Wound irrigation
See also
Douche
Ear picking
Enema
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Life extension
Regenerative medicine
Teeth cleaning
References