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Case Reports
. 1991 Jul;67(789):687-8.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.67.789.687.

Evisceration and other complications of abdominal drains

A Loh  1 , P A Jones
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Case Reports

Evisceration and other complications of abdominal drains

A Loh et al. Postgrad Med J. 1991 Jul.

Abstract

Drainage following major abdominal surgery remains controversial. A case of small bowel evisceration through a Wallis drain site after an abdomino-perineal excision of rectum is reported as a complication of abdominal drainage.

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