Practical experience of a no abdominal drainage policy in patients undergoing liver resection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 77, 2007, Pages 1542-1545

  Kim, Yang Il ^a,b   Hwang, Yoon Jin ^a   Chun, Jae Min ^a   Chun, Byung Yeol ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal drainage; Hepatectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34547647070     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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