"Debridement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D003646
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.176
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Debridement" by people in Profiles.
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Septic Joints: Finger and Wrist. Hand Clin. 2020 08; 36(3):331-338.
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Soft Tissue Reconstruction with Diabetic Foot Tissue Loss. Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2019 Jul; 36(3):425-440.
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Nocardial clival osteomyelitis secondary to sphenoid sinusitis: an atypical skull base infection. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 03; 161(3):529-534.
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Analysis of Scalp and Forehead Injuries in a Level I Trauma Center. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jul; 28(5):1350-1353.
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Periocular necrotizing fasciitis causing blindness. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep; 131(9):1225-7.
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Tattooing complicated by multivalvular bacterial endocarditis. Herz. 2014 May; 39(3):349-51.
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Large and deep diabetic heel ulcers need not lead to amputation. Foot Ankle Int. 2013 Feb; 34(2):215-21.
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Poststernotomy aspergillosis: successful treatment with voriconazole, surgical debridement and vacuum-assisted closure therapy. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2012; 67(3):297-9.
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Septic diabetic foot is not necessarily an indication for amputation. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2008 Sep-Oct; 47(5):419-23.
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Radical subtotal pancreatic resection, including splenectomy, is an effective one-off treatment for infected pancreatic necrosis. World J Surg. 2006 Jun; 30(6):965-71; discussion 972-5.