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Effectiveness of Postoperative Wound Drains in One- and Two-Level Cervical Spine Fusions

BACKGROUND: Cervical drains have historically been used to avoid postoperative wound and respiratory complications such as excessive edema, hematoma, infection, re-intubation, delayed extubation, or respiratory distress. Recently, some surgeons have ceased using drains because they may prolong hospi...

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Autores principales: Poorman, Caroline E., Passias, Peter G., Bianco, Kristina M., Boniello, Anthony, Yang, Sun, Gerling, Michael C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25694927
http://dx.doi.org/10.14444/1034