Necessity and controversy of drain placement after pancreaticoduodebectomy / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

In the past,it is always believed that routine drainage after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is one of the most crucial methods to prevent and detect postoperative complications and to reduce mortality.However,in more recent years,with the development of fast track surgery,scholars in pancreatic surgery have investigated the necessity of drainage after PD together with its merits and faults.Therefore,this paper gives a brief review on this topic.