A risk-adjusted analysis of drain use in pancreaticoduodenectomy: some is good, but more may not be better

Presenter: Lisa Brubaker MD | Baylor College of Medicine Background: Intraperitoneal drain placement is presumed to decrease morbidity and mortality in patients who develop a clinically relevant post-operative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). It is unknown whether multiple drains mitigate CR-POPF better than a single drain. We hypothesize that multiple drains decrease the complication burden more than a single...