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Suction drainage

Known as: Suction Drainages, Suction Procedure, Aspirations, Mechanical 
The removal of secretions, gas or fluid from hollow or tubular organs or cavities by means of a tube and a device that acts on negative pressure.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A polycationic antimicrobial and biocompatible hydrogel with microbe membrane suctioning ability.
Despite advanced sterilization and aseptic techniques, infections associated with medical implants have not been eradicated. Most… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A closed‐form equation for effective stress in unsaturated soil
We propose that the recently conceptualized suction stress characteristic curve represents the effective stress for the shear… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Closed suction surgical wound drainage after orthopaedic surgery.
BACKGROUND Closed suction drainage systems are frequently used to drain fluids, particularly blood, from surgical wounds. The aim… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Suction Stress Characteristic Curve for Unsaturated Soil
The concept of the suction stress characteristic curve (SSCC) for unsaturated soil is presented. Particle-scale equilibrium… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
An elasto-plastic model for unsaturated soil incorporating the effects of suction and degree of saturation on mechanical behaviour
The paper presents an elasto-plastic model for unsaturated soils that takes explicitly into account the mechanisms with which… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Evolution of Water Transport and Xylem Structure
Land plants need water to replace the evaporation that occurs while atmospheric CO2 is diffusing into photosynthetic tissue. The… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Bank and near-bank processes in an incised channel
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The Tumescent Technique for Lipo-Suction Surgery
The tumescent technique of lipo-suction is a modification of the wet technique. A large volume of very dilute epinephrine is… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The membrane current of single rod outer segments
1. Outer segments of individual rods in the retina of the toad, Bufo marinus, were drawn into a glass pipette to record the… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Arterial Wall Shear and Distribution of Early Atheroma in Man
THE patchy distribution of fatty streaking and early atheroma has been associated with arterial blood mechanics. Mustard et al.1… 
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