Cochrane · systematic review · CD008533

Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma

Gurusamy, KS, Kumar, S, Davidson, BR · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

Gut2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.

Questions

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Current version only

Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma

Population: patients with unresectable periampullary carcinoma

CD008533.PUB3 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Survival	HR 1.02 [0.84, 1.25]	2 studies · 152 participants	Very low Downgraded: imprecision
Gastric outlet obstruction Clinical symptoms of vomiting with confirmation of the gastric outlet obstruction by radiological or endoscopic investigations	RR 0.1 [0.03, 0.37]	2 studies · 152 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Operating time	no estimate extracted	1 study · 87 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision

Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma

Population: patients with unresectable periampullary carcinoma

CD008533.PUB2 · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Survival	HR 1.02 [0.84, 1.25]	2 studies · 152 participants	Very low Downgraded: imprecision
Gastric outlet obstruction clinical symptoms of vomiting with confirmation of the gastric outlet obstruction by radiological or endoscopic investigations	RR 0.1 [0.03, 0.37]	2 studies · 152 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Operating time	no estimate extracted	1 study · 87 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision