Drain versus no-drain after gastrectomy for patients with advanced gastric cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-189

  Liu, Hai Peng ^a   Zhang, You Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yu Long ^a   Yin, Lan Ning ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drains; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955456198     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323954     Document Type: Article

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