An audit of results of a no-drainage practice policy after hepatectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-445

  Burt, Bryan M ^a   Brown, Karen ^a   Jarnagin, William ^a   DeMatteo, Ronald ^a   Blumgart, Leslie H ^a   Fong, Yuman ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver resection; Operative drainage; Percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036847566     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00998-4     Document Type: Article

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