The effect of no drainage in patients who underwent thyroidectomy with neck dissection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the effect of no drainage in patients who underwent thyroidectomy and neck lymph node dissection.

Methods

We followed the methodological standard expected by Cochrane. We searched the following databases by March 23, 2017: PubMed, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE via Ovid SP, and Medline via Ovid SP. Two reviewers screened the studies and extracted the data. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or nonrandomized interventional studies assessing the effect of no drainage following thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection were included.

Results

Three studies with 387 participants were included. There was no statistical difference between groups for the overall perioperative complications (2 RCTs, n = 234, RR 1.56, 95% CI 0.53-4.64), or specific complica

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815712 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature