Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post-gastrectomy for gastric cancer

"This Cochrane review concludes that there is no convincing evidence to support the routine use of abdominal drains in patients under-going gastrectomy for gastric cancer"

Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post-gastrectomy for gastric cancer

The UK Cochrane Centre and NICE
Quality and Productivity case study

April 2016

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Improving the recording of surgical drain output

"We have demonstrated that the introduction of a simple and well-designed drain chart can significantly improve the documentation of drain output, thereby improving patient safety and discharge efficiency."

Improving the recording of surgical drain output
Nicholas Lyons, Paul Heron, Rob Bethune
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u209264.w3964

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Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing surgical and endoscopic drainage

"In obstructive chronic pancreatitis, surgical drainage is highly cost-effective compared with endoscopic drainage from a UK NHS perspective."

Trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis comparing surgical and endoscopic drainage in patients with obstructive chronic pancreatitis
P Laramee, D Wonderling, DL Cahen, MG Dijkgraaf, DJ Gouma, MJ Bruno, SP Pereira,
BMJ Open, 2013, 3:e003676

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