Cochrane · systematic review · CD008788
Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post‐gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Wang, Z, Chen, J, Su, K, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
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
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 40%Low 3 · 60%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
Show all 2 versionsDrain versus no drain for gastric cancer
Population: gastric cancer
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
30‐day mortality Death during the Drain vs no drain | RR 1.73 [0.38, 7.84] | 4 studies · 438 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias |
Post‐operative complications Drain vs no drain | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 4 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias |
Re‐operations Re‐operations during the Drain vs no drain | RR 2.49 [0.71, 8.74] | 2 studies · 230 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias |
Operation time The time from the start to the end of operation. Scale from: 0 to 100. Drain vs no drain | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 378 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Length of post‐operative hospital stay The time from the day of operation to the day of discharge. Scale from: 0 to 100. Drain vs no drain | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 438 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias |