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Role of Drain Placement in Major Hepatectomy: A NSQIP Analysis of Procedure‐Targeted Hepatectomy Cases

Chaya Shwaartz, Adam C. Fields, Jeffrey J. Aalberg, Celia M. Divino

World Journal of Surgery · 2016 · 29 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Drain placement after major hepatectomy may lead to increased postoperative complications including bile leak, superficial surgical site infection, and hospital length of stay and does not decrease the need for secondary procedures in patients with bile leaks.

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An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies

Peter C. Austin · Multivariate Behavioral Research · 2011 · 11.2K citations · Full text

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Propensity score methods for bias reduction in the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group

Ralph B. D’Agostino · Statistics in Medicine · 1998 · 5.3K citations

Bile leakage after hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: A definition and grading of severity by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery

Moritz Koch, O. James Garden, Robert Padbury et al. · Surgery · 2011 · 1.8K citations

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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 · 243 citations

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Abdominal Drainage After Hepatic Resection Is Contraindicated in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases

Chi‐Leung Liu, Chung‐Mau Lo, Yik Chun Wong et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2004 · 234 citations · Full text