Question · asked by 0 reviews

Early vs late drain removal: Morbidity

Population
people undergoing elective open pancreatic resections
Intervention
Early
Comparison
late drain removal
Outcome
Morbidity

Early may leads to lower morbidity compared with late drain removal (low certainty).

What each review found

Current versions only
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Early vs late drain removal
Morbidity · people undergoing elective open pancreatic resections
Early may leads to lower morbidity compared with late drain removal (low certainty).
Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD010583.PUB4, superseded
RR 0.63 [0.43, 0.93]1 study · 114 participantsLow
Early vs late drain removal
Morbidity · people undergoing elective open pancreatic resections
Early may leads to lower morbidity compared with late drain removal (low certainty).
Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD010583.PUB3, superseded
RR 0.63 [0.43, 0.93]1 study · 114 participantsLow
Early vs late drain removal
Morbidity · Patients undergoing elective open pancreatic resections
Early may leads to lower morbidity compared with late drain removal (low certainty).
Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD010583.PUB2, superseded
RR 0.63 [0.43, 0.93]1 study · 114 participantsLow

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery
2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

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