Drain use after open cholecystectomy: Is there a justification?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1011-1017

  Zaydfudim, Victor ^a   Russell, Robert T ^a   Feurer, Irene D ^a   Wright, J Kelly ^a   Pinson, C Wright ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal drain; Bile spillage; Cholecystitis; Complicated cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350294578     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0549-x     Document Type: Article

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