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Is prophylactic pelvic drainage useful after elective rectal or anal anastomosis?A multicenter controlled randomized trial

Féthi Merad, Jean‐Marie Hay, Abe Fingerhut, Elie Yahchouchi, Y Laborde, É. Pélissier, Simon Msika, Y Flamant

Surgery · 1999 · 217 citations · 39 references

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Factors Contributing to Leakage of Colonic Anastomoses

Theodore R. Schrock, Clifford W. Deveney, ENCLEBERT DUNPHY · Annals of Surgery · 1973 · 510 citations · Full text

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Drainage is unnecessary after elective liver resection

Yuman Fong, Murray F. Brennan, Karen T. Brown et al. · The American Journal of Surgery · 1996 · 244 citations

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Intraoperative air testing of colorectal anastomoses: A prospective, randomized trial

J.D. Beard, Michael L. Nicholson, R.D. Sayers et al. · British journal of surgery · 1990 · 187 citations

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Drainage After Elective Hepatic Resection A Randomized Trial

Jacques Belghiti, Mourad Kabbej, Alain Sauvanet et al. · Annals of Surgery · 1993 · 177 citations

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Prophylactic Abdominal Drainage After Elective Colonic Resection and Suprapromontory Anastomosis<subtitle>A Multicenter Study Controlled by Randomization</subtitle>

Féthi Merad · Archives of Surgery · 1998 · 153 citations

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