Postradical cystectomy bowel perforation caused by a drainage tube: a case report.
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.
Chatzidarellis
Eleftherios P
EP
2nd Department of Urology Athens Medical School, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece. ehatzid@yahoo.gr.
Skolarikos
Andreas
A
Mazaris
Evangelos
E
Mitsogiannis
Iraklis
I
Alivizatos
Gerasimos
G