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Wangensteen suction
A Wangensteen suction apparatus is a modified siphon that maintains constant negative pressure. Used on a duodenal tube, it relieves gastric and intestinal distention caused by the retention of fluid. It was first created by Owen Harding Wangensteen (1898–1981), the Chief of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. His novel approach to the most important cause of death during gastrointestinal surgery has since been credited with saving more than one hundred thousand lives.
In popular culture
The Wangensteen apparatus is featured in the first half of "Good Bye, Radar," a two-part episode from the eighth season of the television series MASH*. When the camp's electric generator breaks down, the doctors assemble a device from kitchen and surgical supplies to drain fluid from a patient's abdomen.
References
References
- (2006). "Wangensteen suction". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- England, Royal College of Surgeons of. "Wangensteen, Owen Harding - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online".
- Paul C. Matson, M.D.. (2003-09-17). "2003 Inaugural Address". [[Minnesota Medical Association]].
- The Gale Group, Inc.. (2001). "The 1980s: Medicine and Health: Deaths". [[Encyclopedia.com]].
- (October 1979). "Good-Bye Radar: Part 1".
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