title: Postradical cystectomy bowel perforation caused by a drainage tube: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Open drains are frequently placed in the abdominal cavity to prevent the collection of fluid or blood following major surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of perforation of the large bowel caused by the drain tube placed in a 74-year-old patient who had undergone radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Urology Athens Medical School, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece. ehatzid@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Eleftherios P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Chatzidarellis
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skolarikos
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazaris
authors.forename: Iraklis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mitsogiannis
authors.forename: Gerasimos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alivizatos