AIMC Topic: Drainage

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Fully automatic anatomical landmark localization and trajectory planning for navigated external ventricular drain placement.

Neurosurgical focus
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a fully automatic anatomical landmark localization and trajectory planning method for external ventricular drain (EVD) placement using CT or MRI.

Hepatic Hydrothorax Without Ascites: A Diagnostic And Management Challenge.

Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
Hepatic hydrothorax refers to the presence of a pleural effusion (usually >500 mL) in a patient with cirrhosis who does not have other reasons to have a pleural effusion (e.g., cardiac, pulmonary, or pleural disease). Hepatic hydrothorax occurs in ap...

Minimally invasive lymphocele drainage using the Da VinciĀ® single port platform: step-by- step technique.

International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
BACKGROUND: Reports in the literature describe lymphocele formation in up to half of patients following pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) (1) in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), with 1-2% requiring intervention (2). The advantage of s...

[Review of Medical Drainage Devices and Systems].

Zhongguo yi liao qi xie za zhi = Chinese journal of medical instrumentation
In clinical medicine, patient drainage monitoring and early warning have received extensive attention from the clinical medical community since they reflect the real-time status of patients. Firstly, this study points out the shortcomings of current ...

Antimicrobial and synergistic activity of thiazoline derivatives in combination with conventional antibiotics against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from abscess drainage samples.

Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus strains is becoming major challenge in treatment of soft tissue infections. This study aimed to explore antimicrobial and synergistic antimicrobial potential of three commerciall...

[Necessity of Pelvic Drain Placement after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy].

Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Sixty eight patients had robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) from January 2016 to April 2017 with estimated blood loss of less than 500 ml. We compared the postoperative complication rates and the length of hospital stay between 34 of these p...

[Application of Digital Drainage System in Postoperative Refractory Prolonged Air Leaks after Pulmonary Surgery].

Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer
BACKGROUND: Postoperative prolonged air leaks is one of the most common complications secondary to pulmonary resections. Digital drainage system (DDS) is considered as an accurate and objective device which has been found to be comfortable and well t...

[Analysis of the Relationship between the Change of Drain Amylase Value and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
To diagnose postoperative pancreatic fistula(POPF)after pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD)during early post operative days, we evaluatedwhether a change in drain amylase value(DAV), WBC value, or CRP value predicted clinically significant POPF. One hundred ...

[A Case of Infectious Pseudoaneurysm That Developed after Surgery for Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
In February 2011, a male patient in his 60's underwent a low anterior resection and lateral lymph node dissection for lower rectal cancer. Due to large intestinal obstruction from local recurrence, an abdominoperineal resection was performed 5 years ...

[Effect on time of temporarily-closed wound drainage on blood loss of primary total knee arthroplasty after intravenous and intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid].

Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and safety of time of temporarily-closed wound drainage on blood loss of primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after intravenous and intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid (TXA).