Active drain vs passive drain: All‐cause mortality
- Population
- people undergoing elective pancreatic resections
- Intervention
- Active drain
- Comparison
- passive drain
- Outcome
- All‐cause mortality
It is very uncertain whether active drain changes mortality compared with passive drain following pancreatic surgery (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Active drain vs passive drain following pancreatic surgery Mortality · people undergoing elective pancreatic resections It is very uncertain whether active drain changes mortality compared with passive drain following pancreatic surgery (very low certainty). Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.23 [0.3, 5.06] | 2 studies · 382 participants | Very low |
Active drain vs passive drain following pancreatic surgery Mortality · people undergoing elective pancreatic resections The review found no eligible studies for this question. Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | Not reported | No studies found |
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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