Evisceration and other complications of abdominal drains.
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.
Department of Surgery, Maidstone Hospital, Kent, UK.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D011391:Prolapse; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*