Drainage after elective cholecystectomy: a prospective study
Misra, M.C.; Sharma, S.; Kapur, B.M.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 8(2): 91-92
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860 PMID: 2707848 Document Number: 345477
Prospective analysis of 100 consecutive patients who underwent elective cholecystectomy with drainage over a one year period is presented. Drainage after cholecystectomy detected bleeding and bile leak in four patients. Conservative management of bile leak was adequate in two patients while one patient with bleeding required re-exploration. Drainage did not increase morbidity in the form of wound infection, hospital stay or rate of other complications. After cholecystectomy routine drainage through the right flank is recommended.