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Definition of Tamponage
1. Noun. Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
Generic synonyms: Blockage, Obstruction
Specialized synonyms: Cardiac Tamponade
Derivative terms: Tampon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamponage
Literary usage of Tamponage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1911)
"of real advantage to secure as thorough softening of the cervix as possible by
means of tight vaginal tamponage for twenty-four to forty-eight hours with ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1889)
"During winter this process of tamponage need not be repeated more often than once
a week, ie, in cases which by con tinued treatment have reached a purely ..."
3. Diseases of Children by Abraham Jacobi (1909)
"If such should be the case, or blood soon reappears anteriorly, complete tamponage
of the bleeding side of the nose must be performed. ..."
4. American Medicine (1913)
"tamponage on the contrary forces the placenta away from its bed and tends to ...
Cervical tamponage is a makeshift method, only to be resorted to when the ..."
5. The Surgery of the Ear by Samuel Joseph Kopetzky (1908)
"The flap may be sutured into place, although we have found that tamponage properly
applied will usually keep it in position. ..."
6. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"Very firm tamponage necessary to control bleeding. Four days later: Veins over
whole of scalp and upper part of chest very much distended. ..."
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