Prophylactic Intra-Peritoneal Drainage After Pancreatic Resection: An Updated Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prophylactic intra-peritoneal drainage has been considered to be an effective measure to reduce postoperative complications after pancreatectomy. However, routinely placed drainage during abdominal surgery may be unnecessary or even harmful to some patients, due to the possibility of increasing complications. And there is still controversy about the prophylactic intra-peritoneal drainage after pancreatectomy. This meta-analysis aimed to analyze the incidence of complications after either pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) or distal pancreatectomy (DP) in the drain group and no-drain group.

Methods

Data were retrieved from four electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science up to December 2020, including the outcomes of individual treatmen

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172774 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature