Routine abdominal drainage versus no abdominal drainage for uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a   Koti, Rahul ^a   Davidson, Brian R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84898727080     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006004.pub4     Document Type: Review

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