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CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITH AND WITHOUT DRAINAGE

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Title: CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITH AND WITHOUT DRAINAGE

Authors: M. Sajjad Dar , Abdul Mannan Babar 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1991

Volume: 41

Issue: 1

Language: English

Categories
Surgical Techniques (254) Cholecystectomy (64) Drainage (4) Gastroenterology (8625) Surgery (16580)

Abstract

ABSTRACT


Thirty patients underwent cholecystectomy without drainage, and 16 matched controls cholecystectomy with drainage. The wound infection rate was lower, hospital stay shorter and overall complication rate less in undrained patients. This study suggests that surgical drainage after uncomplicated cholecystectomy is unnecessary and may be unwise

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