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Comparison of Nephrostomy Drainage Systems
Author(s) -
McLOUGHLIN J.,
FARAH N.,
WILLIAMS GORDON
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1993.tb16283.x
Subject(s) - drainage , medicine , nephrostomy , drainage system (geomorphology) , surgery , ecology , percutaneous , biology
Summary Forty patients undergoing nephrostomy insertion were randomised into 2 groups: those maintained on intermittently closed and those on permanently closed drainage systems. The average cost of managing a patient in the former group was one‐eighth that of the latter and was not associated with any increase in morbidity.