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Drain use vs No drain: Wound infection
- Population
- people undergoing elective open pancreatic resections
- Intervention
- Drain use
- Comparison
- No drain
- Outcome
- Wound infection
Drain use showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with no drain use (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Drain use vs no drain use Wound infection · people undergoing elective open pancreatic resections Drain use showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with no drain use (low certainty). Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD010583.PUB4, superseded | RR 0.98 [0.68, 1.41] | 4 studies · 1055 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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