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Evisceration and other complications of abdominal drains.
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  1. A. Loh,
  2. P. A. Jones
  1. Department of Surgery, Maidstone Hospital, Kent, UK.

    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.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.67.789.687

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