Debride

BTW, The term for what you're describing in the third sentence is 'debride', not 'deabride'. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

Those extensive skin grafts followed 12 rapid-fire operations to "debride" or cut away ravaged soft tissue as the rare necrotising fasciitis bacteria advanced into and up her leg. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is treated with surgery to debride (remove) the benign growth from the airway without damaging the underlying structures, such as the vocal folds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her existence soon becomes a haze of pain, skin grafts, surgeries and other treatments to clean and debride her wounds that are so invasive she must be put in a coma from which she doesn't fully wake for weeks. ❋ Laura Landro (2011)

If I were a Dem Congresssman I would be looking at saving my own ass, and the best “group think” would be to debride the Dem caucus of that pariah ❋ Unknown (2010)

I admitted her to the hospital and each morning would debride her burns while she screamed at me, "I hate you." ❋ M.D. Bernie Siegel (2010)

Mundane words such as lesson plan, morning traffic, boyfriend, and tennis club would in an instant give way to medical terms such as skin graft, debride, burn unit, bum victim. ❋ Carole Fletcher (2005)

Using my scalpel, I began to debride the area, ridding it of ruined skin and tissue. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (1998)

- Use a scalpel to debride blisters and non-viable tissue. ❋ Unknown (1993)

· Use a scalpel to debride blisters and non-viable tissue. ❋ Unknown (1989)

Next we scrub the area to debride the wound using a surgical soap and, yes, alcohol. ❋ Stephen Sheldon (2010)

I am currently researching natural ways to debride a wound of my patient, other than using maggots. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The children, though crying, did not have temper tantrums and cooperated as much as is possible for a 3-year-old when you make a splint, clean out a head wound and debride backs and legs," the Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart reported in a Jan. 13 e-mail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Flushing works both to rinse nasty microorganisms from the wound site and to debride necrotic tissue (that is, remove dead cells). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maggots debride the necrotic tissue and thus clean up wounds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some investigators have suggested that maggots would debride wounds faster than conventional therapy, thereby reducing bacteria and healing time. ❋ Unknown (2009)