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  2. Enema - Wikipedia

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    Enema. Rectal bulb syringe to administer smaller enemas. An enema, also known as a clyster, is an injection of fluid into the lower bowel by way of the rectum. [1] The word enema can also refer to the liquid injected, [2][3] as well as to a device for administering such an injection. [4]

  3. Rectal administration - Wikipedia

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    A rectal "bulb" syringe for introducing a small amount of fluid into the rectum. Enema equipment for introducing a large amount of fluid into the colon via the rectum. Rectal administration (colloquially known as boofing or plugging) uses the rectum as a route of administration for medication and other fluids, which are absorbed by the rectum's ...

  4. Nutrient enema - Wikipedia

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    Nutrient enema. A nutrient enema, also known as feeding per rectum, rectal alimentation, or rectal feeding, is an enema administered to provide nutrition in cases where normal eating is not possible. In modern medicine, nutrient enemas have been superseded by tube feeding and parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding). [citation needed]

  5. Surgical management of fecal incontinence - Wikipedia

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    There are many surgical options described for FI, and they can be considered in 4 general groups. [1] Implantation/injection of microballoons, carbon-coated beads, autologous fat, silicone, collagen. The relative effectiveness of surgical options for treating fecal incontinence is not known. [2] A combination of different surgical and non ...

  6. Tobacco smoke enema - Wikipedia

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    Tobacco smoke enema. The tobacco smoke enema, an insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum by enema, was a medical treatment employed by European physicians for a range of ailments. Tobacco was recognised as a medicine soon after it was first imported from the New World, and tobacco smoke was used by Western medical practitioners as a tool ...

  7. Route of administration - Wikipedia

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    Oral administration of a liquid. In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the way by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body. [1] Routes of administration are generally classified by the location at which the substance is applied. Common examples include oral and intravenous administration.

  8. Malone antegrade continence enema - Wikipedia

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    Malone antegrade continence enema. The vermiform appendix is typically used in the Malone antegrade continence enema. A Malone antegrade continence enema (MACE), also known as an appendicostomy or Malone procedure, is a surgical procedure used to create a continent pathway proximal to the anus that facilitates fecal evacuation using enemas.

  9. Murphy drip - Wikipedia

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    A Murphy drip is a rectal infusion apparatus to administer the medical procedure of proctoclysis, also known as rectoclysis. [2][3] During the procedure, an end of the Murphy drip is inserted into the rectum and large quantities of liquid are infused into the rectum drop by drop. [4] Prior to fluids or medicines being given intravenously, the ...