A comparative study to evaluate the outcome of routine use of drain verses no drain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a tertiary care teaching centre experience

Effect of routine abdominal drainage on postoperative pain after uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis: A randomised controlled trial

“…The effect of subhepatic drainage on postoperative pain in patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been investigated by previous studies [ 13 ]. In the majority of previous studies, subhepatic drainage had no effect on postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy [ 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 ], which is inconsistent with our findings. Nonetheless, in most of the previous studies, postoperative pain was assessed 24 h after surgery.…”

“…Headache and dizziness as an anesthetic and analgesic side effects were not significantly different between the two groups. These findings are similar to the findings of most other studies [ 12 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 ].…”

“…All of our patients were discharged on the day after surgery. In some studies, the use of drain has been suggested as a factor for the later discharge of patients and hence longer hospital stay [ [15] , [16] , [17] ]. However, some studies have not indicated a change in the patient's discharge time [ 18 ].…”

“…Despite a decrease in this side effect in the drain group, there was no significant difference between the trial groups. Chauhan et al showed that active aspiration of CO2 after laparoscopic cholecystectomy greatly reduces postoperative nausea/vomiting and shoulder tip pain [ 16 ]. Headache and dizziness as an anesthetic and analgesic side effects were not significantly different between the two groups.…”

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity: role of intraluminal and intraperitoneal postoperative drainage

“…To prevent and/or to promptly identify such complications, conventional perioperative protocols imply post-operative gastric decompression by the mean of a nasogastric tube (NGT) and staple line drain by the mean of an intra-abdominal drainage (IAD). Literature is lacking of prospective studies and surgeons are still not fully confident of avoiding gastric decompression and peritoneal cavity drainage (5). In the only two reports written respectively by Albanopoulos K et al in 2011 (6) and Rossetti G et al in 2014 (7) it has been preliminarily shown how NGT and IAD do not really influence the post-operative outcome in terms of lower surgical morbidity rate.…”