Surgical lubricant

Surgical lubricant

Surgical lubricants are substances used by health care providers to provide lubrication and lessen discomfort to the patient during certain medical/surgical procedures (per vaginal examination/per rectal examination).

Surgilube is a surgical lubricant made of natural water-soluble gums that also contains the antiseptic Chlorhexidine Gluconate.

K-Y Jelly was initially used as a medical/surgical lubricant before it gained popularity as a personal lubricant.

Currently a variety of non-irritating substances are used as medical/surgical lubricants. A prime example is Lignocaine gel containing the local anaesthetic lignocaine.

Vegetable-based surgical lubricants

Medicinal Castor oil was the original vegetable-based surgical lubricant [cite web | title=Report upon the Use of a Mixture of Castor oil and Balsam of Peru as a Surgical Dressing | url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&pageindex=1&artid=1425429 | format=| publisher=pubmedcentral | accessdate=2007-01-16] .

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