Retroperitoneal drainage versus no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy for the prevention of lymphocyst formation in patients with gynaecological malignancies

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Charoenkwan, Kittipat ^a   Kietpeerakool, Chumnan ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL DRAINAGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049127989     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007387     Document Type: Review

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