Passive versus active drainage following neck dissection: A non-randomised prospective study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Batstone, Martin Druce ^a   Lowe, Derek ^a   Shaw, Richard J ^a   Brown, James S ^a   Vaughan, E David ^a   Rogers, Simon N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active; Dehiscence; Drain; Haematoma; Infection; Neck dissection; Passive; Suction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149132181     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0723-8     Document Type: Article

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