Abdominal Drainage after Hepatic Resection Is Contraindicated in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-201

  Liu, Chi Leung ^a,b   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Wong, Yik ^a   Ng, Irene Oi Lin ^b   Lam, Chi Ming ^a   Poon, Ronnie Tung Ping ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUCTION;

EID: 0842284002     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000109153.71725.8c     Document Type: Article

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