Single-center experience reports uncertain effects of abdominal drainage on postoperative complications in children, highlighting unclear preventive utility.
In patients undergoing appendectomy, postoperative complications are more likely to occur with complicated appendicitis. Abdominal drainage may occasionally be used to prevent such scenarios. It is unclear, though, how abdominal drains help to reduce problems after surgery.
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