To drain or not to drain? The role of drainage in the contaminated and infected abdomen: An international and personal perspective

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-321

  Schein, Moshe ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; OMENTOPLASTY; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; ULCER PERFORATION;

APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 38349127298     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9277-y     Document Type: Editorial

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