Is prophylactic placement of drains necessary after subtotal gastrectomy?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 3738-3741

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Yang, Seung Bong ^a   Jaiswal, Vijay Kumar ^a   Shah, Jay N ^a   Shreshtha, Manish ^a   Gongal, Rajesh ^a  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Operative outcome; Post operative complications; Prophylactic drainage; Subtotal gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547615420     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3738     Document Type: Article

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