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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

2,293 questions · 2,395 findings · 172 reviews · Gut

No studies found 420 · 17.5%GRADE not reported 60 · 2.5%Very low 821 · 34.3%Low 602 · 25.1%Moderate 397 · 16.6%High 95 · 4%

Drain use vs No drain

Morbidity · people undergoing elective pancreatic resections

Drain use showed no clear difference in morbidity compared with no drain use following pancreatic surgery (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Drain use vs No drain

Length of hospital stay · people undergoing elective pancreatic resections

Drain use showed no clear difference in length of hospital stay compared with no drain use following pancreatic surgery (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active drain vs passive drain

All‐cause 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).

2 findings from 1 review

Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy vs open pyloromyotomy

Postoperative wound infection or abscess formation · infants (< 1 year of age) with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

It is very uncertain whether laparoscopic pyloromyotomy changes postoperative wound infection or abscess formation compared with open pyloromyotomy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Roux‐en‐Y vs Billroth‐I after distal gastrectomy

Anastomotic leakage · people undergoing distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

It is very uncertain whether roux‐en‐Y changes incidence of anastomotic leakage compared with billroth‐I after distal gastrectomy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review