Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of prophylactic abdominal drainage in major liver resections

Abstract Prophylactic drainage after major liver resection remains controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluate the value of prophylactic drainage after major liver resection. PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central were searched. Postoperative bile leak, bleeding, intervent...

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Main Authors: Sepehr Abbasi Dezfouli, Umut Kaan Ünal, Omid Ghamarnejad, Elias Khajeh, Sadeq Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh, Ali Ramouz, Roozbeh Salehpour, Mohammad Golriz, De-Hua Chang, Markus Mieth, Katrin Hoffmann, Pascal Probst, Arianeb Mehrabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82333-x