To drain or not to drain: A cumulative meta-analysis of the use of routine abdominal drains after pancreatic resection

HPB

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-344

  Van Der Wilt, Aart A ^a   Coolsen, Mariëlle M E ^a   De Hingh, Ignace H J T ^b   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^c   Groenewoud, Hans ^c   Dejong, Cornelis H C ^a   Van Dam, Ronald M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAIN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VATER PAPILLA;

DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PANCREATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84876014159     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00609.x     Document Type: Review

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