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Bougie
Bougie (from the French bougie - probe) is a medical instrument, which is a flexible or rigid rod used for the gradual expansion or examination of tubular organs.
Allocate bougie:
- The capitate (synonym: Guyon bougie) is an elastic bougie with a thickening at the distal (distal) end and divisions along the entire length, used to establish the place of narrowing of the urethra and the duration of the narrowed areas;
- Conical - elastic bougie, which gradually becomes thinner towards the end, used for bougienage (diagnosis or treatment) of a narrowed esophagus or urethra;
- Filiform (synonyms: "whalebone", filiform bougie) - elastic thin bougie used for severe narrowing of the urethra;
- Elastic - an elastic bougie made of non-metallic materials (cotton or silk fabric coated with waterproof varnishes and resins, or polymers).
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