Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric Surgery

“…In addition, a recent Cochrane review has summarized four randomized clinical trials evaluating the need for abdominal drainage after gastrectomy. This review reported a low 30-day overall mortality rate (1.4 %), with no difference in the rate of complications between patients with or without drain placement at surgery [5].…”

Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric Surgery

“…In addition, a recent Cochrane review has summarized four randomized clinical trials evaluating the need for abdominal drainage after gastrectomy. This review reported a low 30-day overall mortality rate (1.4 %), with no difference in the rate of complications between patients with or without drain placement at surgery [5].…”

Review of the use of prophylactic drain tubes post‐robotic radical prostatectomy: Dogma or decent practice?

“…The authors concluded that the routine use of prophylactic drain tubes following colorectal anastomosis did not have a benefit in the reduction of complications 15 . Drainage postgastrectomy has also been analyzed in a meta‐analysis which included four randomized control trials (438 patients) 16 . Similarly, the authors did not find any convincing evidence to support the routine use of prophylactic drainage after gastrectomy.…”

Abdominal Drainage in the Prevention and Management of Major Intra-Abdominal Complications after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma

“…Postoperative morbidity was also similar between the 2 groups. A meta-analysis of four RCTs, which included 438 patients who underwent subtotal or total gastrectomy, revealed no significant differences between the drainage and non-drainage groups with respect to postoperative complications and length of hospital stay [11]. Although the current evidence suggests that abdominal drainage is ineffective in patients undergoing gastrectomy, the overall quality of the evidence is relatively inferior because of the small sample sizes, single-institution data, and inadequate study designs.…”

Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric Surgery

“…In addition, a recent Cochrane review has summarized four randomized clinical trials evaluating the need for abdominal drainage after gastrectomy. This review reported a low 30-day overall mortality rate (1.4 %), with no difference in the rate of complications between patients with or without drain placement at surgery [5].…”

Review of the use of prophylactic drain tubes post‐robotic radical prostatectomy: Dogma or decent practice?

“…The authors concluded that the routine use of prophylactic drain tubes following colorectal anastomosis did not have a benefit in the reduction of complications 15 . Drainage postgastrectomy has also been analyzed in a meta‐analysis which included four randomized control trials (438 patients) 16 . Similarly, the authors did not find any convincing evidence to support the routine use of prophylactic drainage after gastrectomy.…”

Abdominal Drainage in the Prevention and Management of Major Intra-Abdominal Complications after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma

“…Postoperative morbidity was also similar between the 2 groups. A meta-analysis of four RCTs, which included 438 patients who underwent subtotal or total gastrectomy, revealed no significant differences between the drainage and non-drainage groups with respect to postoperative complications and length of hospital stay [11]. Although the current evidence suggests that abdominal drainage is ineffective in patients undergoing gastrectomy, the overall quality of the evidence is relatively inferior because of the small sample sizes, single-institution data, and inadequate study designs.…”

Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric Surgery

“…In addition, a recent Cochrane review has summarized four randomized clinical trials evaluating the need for abdominal drainage after gastrectomy. This review reported a low 30-day overall mortality rate (1.4 %), with no difference in the rate of complications between patients with or without drain placement at surgery [5].…”

Review of the use of prophylactic drain tubes post‐robotic radical prostatectomy: Dogma or decent practice?

“…The authors concluded that the routine use of prophylactic drain tubes following colorectal anastomosis did not have a benefit in the reduction of complications 15 . Drainage postgastrectomy has also been analyzed in a meta‐analysis which included four randomized control trials (438 patients) 16 . Similarly, the authors did not find any convincing evidence to support the routine use of prophylactic drainage after gastrectomy.…”

Abdominal Drainage in the Prevention and Management of Major Intra-Abdominal Complications after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma

“…Postoperative morbidity was also similar between the 2 groups. A meta-analysis of four RCTs, which included 438 patients who underwent subtotal or total gastrectomy, revealed no significant differences between the drainage and non-drainage groups with respect to postoperative complications and length of hospital stay [11]. Although the current evidence suggests that abdominal drainage is ineffective in patients undergoing gastrectomy, the overall quality of the evidence is relatively inferior because of the small sample sizes, single-institution data, and inadequate study designs.…”