Should a no-drain policy after distal pancreatectomy become standard?

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.
² Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria. Electronic address: oliver.strobel@meduniwien.ac.at.

Ulla Klaiber et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 May.

. 2024 May;9(5):397-398.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00076-1. Epub 2024 Mar 16.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.
² Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria. Electronic address: oliver.strobel@meduniwien.ac.at.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Prophylactic abdominal drainage after distal pancreatectomy (PANDORINA): an international, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial.
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