The use of drains for outpatient orthopaedic surgeries: Safety and efficacy

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 145-147

  Smith, Scott G ^a   Shapiro, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drains; Outpatient surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT COUNSELING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031466033     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(97)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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