Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2012
Drain after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A randomized multicentre controlled trial.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Japan Society for Surgical Infection: guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of gastroenterological surgical site infection, 2018.Surgery today · 2021Pooled it
- Prophylactic drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Routine abdominal drainage versus no abdominal drainage for uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of drainage versus no drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsPooled it
- Effectiveness of no drainage after elective day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy, even with intraoperative gallbladder perforation: a randomized controlled trial.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Trial
- The role of abdominal drainage to prevent of intra-abdominal complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: prospective randomized trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Trial
- Application effect of standardized nursing process of abdominal drainage tube in cholelithiasis: a single-center retrospective cohort study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Effect of routine abdominal drainage on postoperative pain after uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis: A randomised controlled trial.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
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- Laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) surgery for incarcerated inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Article
- Drain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Calculous Cholecystitis. A Pilot Randomized Study.The Indian journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Aerosolized local anaesthetic to reduce postoperative pain.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: consensus conference-based guidelines.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2015Review
- Is routine drainage necessary after pancreaticoduodenectomy?World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
- Is a drain necessary routinely after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for an acutely inflamed gallbladder? A retrospective analysis of 457 cases.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2014Article
- Drainage vs. non-drainage after cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a retrospective study.Journal of biomedical research · 2014Article
- Drain-site hernia containing the vermiform appendix: report of a case.Case reports in surgery · 2013Article
- Comparison of mean pain scores for the patients with sub hepatic drainage to those without it after elective uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundRoutine drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still debatable. The present study was designed to assess the role of drains in laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed for nonacutely inflamed gallbladder.
methodsAfter laparoscopic gallbladder removal, 53 patients were randomized to have a suction drain positioned in the subhepatic space and 53 patients to have a sham drain. The primary outcome measure was the presence of subhepatic fluid collection at abdominal ultrasonography, performed 24 h after surgery. Secondary outcome measures were postoperative abdominal and shoulder tip pain, use of analgesics, nausea, vomiting, and morbidity.
resultsSubhepatic fluid collection was not found in 45 patients (84.9 %) in group A and in 46 patients (86.8 %) in group B (difference 1.9 (95 % confidence interval -11.37 to 15.17; P = 0.998). No significant difference in visual analogue scale scores with respect to abdominal and shoulder pain, use of parenteral ketorolac, nausea, and vomiting were found in either group. Two (1.9 %) significant hemorrhagic events occurred postoperatively. Wound infection was observed in three patients (5.7 %) in group A and two patients (3.8 %) in group B (difference 1.9 (95 % CI -6.19 to 9.99; P = 0.997).
conclusionsThe present study was unable to prove that the drain was useful in elective, uncomplicated LC.
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