T‐tube drainage vs primary closure: Serious morbidity (rate)
It is very uncertain whether T‐tube drainage changes serious morbidity (rate) compared with primary closure (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
T‐tube drainage vs primary closure Serious morbidity (rate) · patients undergoing open common bile duct exploration. It is very uncertain whether T‐tube drainage changes serious morbidity (rate) compared with primary closure (very low certainty). T‐tube drainage versus primary closure after open common bile duct exploration (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Rate ratio 2.19 [0.98, 4.91] | 4 studies · 272 participants | Very low |
T‐tube drainage vs primary closure Serious morbidity (proportion) · patients undergoing open common bile duct exploration. It is very uncertain whether T‐tube drainage changes serious morbidity (proportion) compared with primary closure (very low certainty). T‐tube drainage versus primary closure after open common bile duct exploration (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.53 [0.29, 21.98] | 1 study · 35 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| T‐tube drainage versus primary closure after open common bile duct exploration 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.