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The Role of Surgical Drains

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Strategies in Gynecologic Surgery

Part of the book series: Clinical Perspectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology ((CPOG))

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The earliest recorded use of surgical drainage was by Hippocrates (400 b.c.), who used cannulas to treat empyema.1 Claudius Galen (200 b.c.), whose teachings were held infallible for the next 1500 years, described tubes for the management of ascites.2

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  1. Hans-B. Krebs
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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh—Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA

    Herbert J. Buchsbaum M.D.

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, USA

    Leslie A. Walton M.D.

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Krebs, HB., Helmkamp, B.F. (1986). The Role of Surgical Drains. In: Buchsbaum, H.J., Walton, L.A. (eds) Strategies in Gynecologic Surgery. Clinical Perspectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4924-5_15

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