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Trial reportAnnals of surgery2019

Modified Blumgart Mattress Suture Versus Conventional Interrupted Suture in Pancreaticojejunostomy During Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Seiko Hirono, Manabu Kawai, Ken-Ichi Okada, Motoki Miyazawa, Yuji Kitahata, Shinya Hayami, Masaki Ueno, Hiroki Yamaue

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Annals of surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01898780 phase3unknown statusnot on this map

Horizontal Mattress vs. Interrupted Suture in Surgical Techniques of Pancreaticojejunostomy

TypeinterventionalSponsorWakayama Medical UniversityRan2013Enrolled190ConditionsPatients Who Undergo PancreatoduodenectomyArmspancreaticojejunostomy with horizontal mattress suture, pancreaticojejunostomy with interrupted suture
NCT05475275 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Different Pancreaticojejunostomy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy on Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Based on the Position of the Pancreatic Duct in Pancreatic Section

TypeinterventionalSponsorJunjie XiongRan2022 to 2025Enrolled924ConditionsPancreaticoduodenectomy, Postoperative Pancreatic FistulaArmspancreaticojejunostomy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Seiko HironoSecond Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan.
Manabu Kawai
Ken-Ichi Okada
Motoki Miyazawa
Yuji Kitahata
Shinya Hayami
Masaki Ueno
Hiroki Yamaue
Wakayama Medical University · JPQuality and Reliability (Greece) · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study used a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate whether mattress suture of pancreatic parenchyma and the seromuscular layer of jejunum (modified Blumgart method) during pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) decreases the incidence of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD).

backgroundSeveral studies reported that mattress suture of Blumgart anastomosis in PJ could reduce POPF rate. This, however, is the first RCT.

methodsBetween June, 2013 and May, 2017, 224 patients scheduled for PD were enrolled in this study in Wakayama Medical University Hospital. Enrolled patients were randomized to either interrupted suture or modified Blumgart mattress suture. The primary endpoint was the incidence of grade B/C POPF based on the International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula criteria. This RCT was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01898780).

resultsPatients were randomized to either interrupted suture (103 patients) or modified Blumgart mattress suture (107 patients) and were analyzed by intention-to-treat. Grade B/C POPF occurred in 7 patients (6.8%) in the interrupted suture group and 11 (10.3%) in the mattress suture group (P = 0.367). Mortality within 90 days was 0 in both groups. There were no significant differences in all postoperative complications between the interrupted suture group and the modified Blumgart mattress suture group.

conclusionsMattress suture of pancreatic parenchyma and the jejunal seromuscular layer during PJ (modified Blumgart technique) did not reduce clinically relevant POPF compared with interrupted suture.

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Suture TechniquesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPancreatic FistulaPancreaticoduodenectomyPancreaticojejunostomyPostoperative Complications

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