Prophylactic abdominal drainage versus no-drainage after left pancreatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing body of studies indicates that prophylactic abdominal drainage may not be necessary following left pancreatectomy (LP), despite its common use in clinical practice. This meta-analysis seeks to offer a definitive recommendation regarding the necessity of drainage after LP by examining and contrasting postoperative outcomes in patients who did and did not undergo drainage.

Methods

An extensive literature search was conducted to compare the outcomes of no-drainage and drainage after LP from inception to July 2024 on PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. Fixed-effect models or random effects were selected based on heterogeneity, and pooled odds ratios (ORs) or mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were ca

SUBMITTER: Xia N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635558 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature