Is prophylactic placement of drains necessary after subtotal gastrectomy?

AIM: To determine the evidence-based values of prophylactic drainage in gastric cancer surgery. METHODS: One hundred and eight patients, who underwent subtotal gastrectomy with D1 or D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer between January 2001 and December 2005, were divided into drain group or...

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Published in:World J Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Kumar, Manoj, Yang, Seung Bong, Jaiswal, Vijay Kumar, Shah, Jay N, Shreshtha, Manish, Gongal, Rajesh
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 2007
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Rapid Communication
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250648/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17659736
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3738
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