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To evaluate the effects of inserting surgical wound drains on wound infection and related complications after incisional hernia repair, as well as the comparative efficacy of different drain types.

December 17, 2013Cochrane libraryOpen Access

Wound drains after incisional hernia repair

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KGKurinchi Selvan GurusamyUniversity College London VAVictoria B AllenKing's College London

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Systematic review finds insufficient evidence regarding wound drains after incisional hernia repair, highlighting the lack of robust clinical trial data.

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To evaluate the effects of inserting surgical wound drains on wound infection and related complications after incisional hernia repair, as well as the comparative efficacy of different drain types.
Searched the Cochrane Wounds Group Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL up to November 2013.
Included randomized controlled trials in adults undergoing incisional hernia repair that evaluated drain versus no drain or compared different drain types.
Extracted trial characteristics, risk of bias, and outcome metrics, calculating risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals based on intention-to-treat analysis.
Identified only one eligible randomized trial comprising 24 total patients.
The single trial compared an electrified drain (n=12) against a corrugated drain (n=12) and found no statistically significant difference in wound infection rates or length of hospital stay.
No eligible randomized trials compared the use of wound drains versus no drains.

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Gurusamy et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d37217f448865515dfefb https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005570.pub4

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Systematic review finds insufficient evidence regarding wound drains after incisional hernia repair, highlighting the lack of robust clinical trial data.

Wound drains after incisional hernia repair

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