Types and implications of abdominal fluid collections following gastric cancer surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: About one half of abdominal fluid collections after gastric surgery were asymptomatic and eventually resolved spontaneously without any intervention. However, the need for interventional drainage was significantly increased by coexisting pancreatic or enteric fistula. PMID: 31060443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Chirurgica Belgica - Category: Surgery Tags: Acta Chir Belg Source Type: research