Comparison of nephrostomy drainage systems.
Forty patients undergoing nephrostomy insertion were randomised into 2 groups: those maintained on intermittently closed and those on permanently closed drainage systems. The average cost of managing a patient in the former group was one-eighth that of the latter and was not associated with any increase in morbidity.
McLoughlin
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Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Farah
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Williams
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004322:Drainage / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004739:England; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*