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Clinical Trial
. 1988 Oct;95(10):1060-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06514.x.

Closed suction wound drainage and lower-segment caesarean section

N J Saunders  1 , C Barclay
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Clinical Trial

Closed suction wound drainage and lower-segment caesarean section

N J Saunders et al. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988 Oct.

Abstract

In a randomized controlled study of wound suction drainage after transverse suprapubic incision for lower-segment caesarean section no significant advantages could be demonstrated for routine drainage in terms of wound infection, haematoma formation, duration of hospital stay or analgesic requirements.

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