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Studies from K. Chan and co-researchers update current data on obstetrics

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 11th, 2008

"To compare the estimated residual pelvic fluid volume in women receiving suction or nonsuction drains after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery using transvaginal ultrasonography. In this randomized comparative study of women undergoing a laparoscopic surgical procedure for benign gynecologic conditions, women requiring postoperative drainage were assigned to receive either a suction or a nonsuction drain," scientists in Randwick, Australia report.

"Immediately before drain removal, women had transvaginal ultrasonography and estimation of the residual fluid volume using the formula pi/6xD(1)xD(2)xD(3), where D-1 and D-2 were obtained in the sagittal plane and D3 in the...

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