Retained Surgical Drains in Orthopedics: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Though a relatively rare event, retained surgical drains are preventable and can lead to significant consequences. Two case reports from our institution are discussed as examples for the challenging management of this problem as well as an overview of techniques for the prevention and removal of ret...

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Autores principales: Cox, John S., Friess, Darin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28503334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8194571
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Sumario:Though a relatively rare event, retained surgical drains are preventable and can lead to significant consequences. Two case reports from our institution are discussed as examples for the challenging management of this problem as well as an overview of techniques for the prevention and removal of retained drains based on the current literature.

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