Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Gut

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

All‐cause mortality · people undergoing elective pancreatic resections

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

2 findings from 1 review

Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.78 [0.31, 1.99]
4 studies · 1055 participants
Low
Prophylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.23 [0.06, 0.9]
2 studies · 478 participants
Low