Use and management of routine prophylactic abdominal drainage in pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
The present meta-analysis provides level 1a evidence in favour of a selective early drain removal policy in partial pancreatoduodenectomy and a no-drain policy in left pancreatectomy.
Authors
- Thilo Hackert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7012-1196)
- Markus K. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-5046)
- Marc G. Besselink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2650-9350)
- Pascal Probst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-4015)
- Hendrik Strothmann
- Jörg Kaiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-4340)
- Giovanni Marchegiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-4533)
- Laura Pietrogiovanna
- Federico Storni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5570-4281)
- Pietro Renzulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-5512)
- Fabian Hauswirth
- Sara Canovi
- Eva Kalkum
- Philip C. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8317-3449)
- Alberto Balduzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6018-8816)
- Alexander Dullenkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-6457)
- Eduard A. van Bodegraven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-1103)
- Pia Antony
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Verona (IT)
- German Society of Surgery (DE)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Kantonsspital Münsterlingen (CH)
- Spital Thurgau (Switzerland) (CH)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Kantonsspital Aarau (CH)
- Pancreas Centre (Canada) (CA)
- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (CH)
- Cancer Center Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJS Open
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf123
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05