Intraoperative placement of a purse-string suture around the drain exit site reduces pain associated with subdural drain removal
Background: Use of surgical skin staples to close the subdural drain exit site after drain removal is often associated with pain. This prospective study compared the degree of pain between staple closure and a technique in which a purse-string suture is placed around the exit site the time of the op...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921000906 |