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. 2016 Feb;36(2):NP71-3.
doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv165. Epub 2015 Sep 7.

The Double Opposing Semiocclusive Drain Dressing

S Sean Kelishadi  1 , Matthew Zeiderman  1 , Darrell W Freeman  1 , John Paul Tutela  1 , Bradon J Wilhelmi  1
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The Double Opposing Semiocclusive Drain Dressing

S Sean Kelishadi et al. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
This 48-year-old female patient required a closed suction drain with breast reconstruction. (A) Drain dressing initiation by placing the first of two double-opposing semiocclusive dressings. (B) Matching the second of the double-opposing semiocclusive dressings to the dressing already placed. (C) The double-opposing semiocclusive dressing over a chlorhexidine-impregnated disk.
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