Prophylactic abdominal drainage after distal pancreatectomy (PANDORINA): an international, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial.
van Bodegraven EA, BalduzzI A, van Ramshorst TME, Malleo G, Vissers FL, van Hilst J et al, for the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group.
Lancet Gastrohepatol 2024; 9: 438-447.
In this study that included 376 procedures, the use of a drain did not reduce major morbidity (20 vs 15 per cent no drain), or postoperative pancreatic fistula (27 vs 12 per cent).
Comment: No drain optimal (as in so many surgical procedures).
Published on: 3 November 2024
Article ID: BJS-2024-0133
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