Is a Closed-Suction Drain Advantageous for Penile Implant Surgery? The Debate Continues

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 601-606

  Kramer, Andrew ^a   Goldmark, Ellen ^a   Greenfield, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed Suction Drain; Hematoma; Infection; Penile Implant; Penile Prosthesis Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUCTION DRAINAGE;

EID: 79551488827     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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