Drainage is unnecessary after elective liver resection

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Fong, Yuman ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a   Brown, Karen ^a   Heffernan, Nancy ^a   Blumgart, Leslie H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0030069044     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)80092-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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