Pancreatic resection without routine intraperitoneal drainage

Most surgeons routinely place intraperitoneal drains at the time of pancreatic resection but this practice has recently been challenged.Evaluate the outcome when pancreatic resection is performed without operatively placed intraperitoneal drains.In all, 226 consecutive patients underwent pancreatic resection. In 179 patients drains were routinely placed at the time of surgery and in 47 no drains were placed. Outcomes for these two cohorts were...