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Peritoneal Lavage

"Peritoneal Lavage" 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.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Peritoneal Lavage" by people in this website by year, and whether "Peritoneal Lavage" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 2012 and 2013 and 2016 and 2022 and 2024
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