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Daily postoperative drain output of Patient number 1.
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After an initial fall, drain output started to increase and became milky after postoperative day 3, after commencement of oral feeds (Figure 1).
Case number 1 with retroperitoneal drain in situ.
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Leak gradually subsided spontaneously in total of three weeks, and at that time the drain was removed (Figure 2).
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Case number 2 with retroperitoneal drain in situ.
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Leak gradually subsided spontaneously in 7 days (Figure 3).