Retroperitoneal drainage vs no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy: Short‐term lymphocyst formation: both asymptomatic and symptomatic within 4 weeks after surgery
Retroperitoneal drainage showed no clear difference in short‐term lymphocyst formation: both asymptomatic and symptomatic… compared with no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Retroperitoneal drainage vs no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy Short‐term lymphocyst formation: both asymptomatic and symptomatic within 4 weeks after surgery · Women with gynaecological malignancies Retroperitoneal drainage showed no clear difference in short‐term lymphocyst formation: both asymptomatic and symptomatic… compared with no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy (moderate certainty). Retroperitoneal drainage versus no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy for the prevention of lymphocyst… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.76 [0.04, 13.35] | 2 studies · 204 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retroperitoneal drainage versus no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy for the prevention of lymphocyst formation in women with… 2017 · 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.