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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2019

Laparoscopic gastrectomy with and without prophylactic drains in gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Norihiro Shimoike, Shin Akagawa, Daisuke Yagi, Masazumi Sakaguchi, Yukinari Tokoro, Eiichiro Nakao, Takuya Tamura, Yusuke Fujii, Yuki Mochida, Yoshihisa Umemoto and 2 more

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Norihiro ShimoikeDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan. n.shimoike@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-2293
Shin AkagawaDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Daisuke YagiDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Masazumi SakaguchiDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Yukinari TokoroDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Eiichiro NakaoDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Takuya TamuraDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Yusuke FujiiDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Yuki MochidaDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Yoshihisa UmemotoDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Hidero YoshimotoDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Seiichiro KanayaDepartment of Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30, Fudegasaki, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
Osaka Red Cross Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe number of patients who are undergoing laparoscopic gastrectomy for treating gastric cancer is increasing. Although prophylactic drains have been widely employed following the procedure, there are few studies reporting the efficacy of prophylactic drainage. Therefore, this study assessed the efficacy of prophylactic drains following laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

methodsData of patients who received laparoscopic gastrectomy for treating gastric cancer in our institution between April 2011 and March 2017 were reviewed, and the outcomes of patients with and without a prophylactic drainage were compared. Propensity score matching was used to minimize potential selection bias.

resultsA total of 779 patients who underwent surgery for gastric cancer were reviewed; of these, 628 patients who received elective laparoscopic gastrectomy were included in this study. After propensity score matching, data of 145 pairs of patients were extracted. No significant differences were noted in the incidence of postoperative complications between the drain and no-drain groups (19.3% vs 11.0%, P = 0.071). The days after the surgery until the initiation of soft diet (6.3 ± 7.4 vs 4.9 ± 2.9 days, P = 0.036) and the length of postoperative hospital stay (15.7 ± 12.9 vs 13.0 ± 6.3 days, P = 0.023) were greater in the drain group than those in the no-drain group.

conclusionsThis study suggests that routinely using prophylactic drainage following laparoscopic gastrectomy for treating gastric cancer is not obligatory.

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Postoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreAgedDrainageFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastrectomyHumansLaparoscopyLength of StayLymphatic MetastasisMaleNeoplasm InvasivenessPrognosisRetrospective StudiesStomach NeoplasmsGastric cancerLaparoscopic gastrectomyPropensity score matchingProphylactic drainage

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PMCPMC6697924
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