Refrain From the Drain? The ADIGE Trial Brings Gastrectomy to the Debate

Affiliations

Max R Coffey et al. JAMA Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 1;160(2):143-144.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5228.

¹ Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Comment in

Prophylactic Drain Placement and Postoperative Invasive Procedures After Gastrectomy: The Abdominal Drain After Gastrectomy (ADIGE) Randomized Clinical Trial.
Weindelmayer J, Mengardo V, Ascari F, Baiocchi GL, Casadei R, De Palma GD, De Pascale S, Elmore U, Ferrari GC, Framarini M, Gelmini R, Gualtierotti M, Marchesi F, Milone M, Puca L, Reddavid R, Rosati R, Solaini L, Torroni L, Totaro L, Veltri A, Verlato G, de Manzoni G; Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer (GIRCG). Weindelmayer J, et al. JAMA Surg. 2025 Feb 1;160(2):135-143. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5227. JAMA Surg. 2025. PMID: 39602143 Clinical Trial.