Routine peritoneal drainage of the surgical bed after elective distal pancreatectomy: Is it necessary?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 422-427

  Paulus, Elena M ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Behrman, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drains; Morbidity; Pancreas; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84866742694     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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