Drainage vs no drainage after open appendectomy: Wound infection
It is very uncertain whether drainage changes wound infection compared with no drainage after open appendectomy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Drainage vs no drainage after open appendectomy Wound infection · people undergoing emergency open appendectomy for complicated appendicitis It is very uncertain whether drainage changes wound infection compared with no drainage after open appendectomy (very low certainty). Abdominal drainage to prevent intra‐peritoneal abscess after appendectomy for complicated appendicitis (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.01 [0.88, 4.56] | 5 studies · 478 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal drainage to prevent intra‐peritoneal abscess after appendectomy for complicated appendicitis 2021 · 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.