To drain or not drain: Literature versus practice

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Chandratreya, A ^a,b   Giannikas, K ^a   Livesley, P ^a  

^a King's Mill Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed suction drains; National survey; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROMA; SUCTION DRAINAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUCTION;

EID: 0032450047     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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