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Characteristics of studies

Characteristics of included studies [ordered by study ID]

Dandapat 1992

Methods

Randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country: India
Number randomised: 86
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Children: 16 (19%)

Adults: 70 (81%)
Females: 16 (19%)

Normal appendix: 0 (0%)

Simple appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Gangrenous appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Perforated appendicitis: 86 (100%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 0 (0%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for perforated appendicitis

  • Appendectomy for gangrenous appendicitis, associated with turbid infected fluid

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patients with an appendiceal abscess

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 86) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 40)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 46)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were wound infection, intra‐peritoneal abscess, duration of postoperative fever, postoperative complications, mortality, and hospital stay

Notes

The drainage tube (corrugated rubber drain) was placed down into the right iliac fossa

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Low risk

Comment: all of the primary outcomes were reported. There was some selective outcome reporting in the secondary outcomes, but the review authors considered this trial to be free of selective reporting for the primary outcomes

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Haller 1973

Methods

Quasi‐randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country:USA
Number randomised: 43
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Children (0 ‐ 14 years): 43 (100%)

Adults: 0 (0%)
Females: 10 (23%)

Normal appendix: 0 (0%)

Simple appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Gangrenous appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Perforated appendicitis: 43 (100%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 0 (0%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for perforated appendicitis with generalised peritonitis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Age was more than 14 years old

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 43) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 24)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 19)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were intra‐peritoneal abscess, postoperative complications, mortality, and hospital stay

Notes

The drainage tube (Penrose drain) was placed through the wound down into the right iliac fossa and pelvis

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

High risk

Quote: "Transperitoneal drainage was used in children with even hospital numbers and no drainage or wound drainage alone was used in children with odd hospital numbers"

Comment: the allocation was performed on the basis of a pseudo‐random sequence (odd/even hospital number)

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Low risk

Comment: all of the primary outcomes were reported. There was some selective outcome reporting in the secondary outcomes, but the review authors considered this trial to be free of selective reporting for the primary outcomes

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Jani 2011

Methods

Randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country: Kenya
Number randomised: 90
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Age (13 to 26): 44 (49%)

Age (27 to 54): 46 (51%)
Females: 40 (44%)

Normal appendix: 0

Simple appendicitis: 0

Gangrenous appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Perforated appendicitis: 79 (87.8%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 11 (12.2%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for perforated appendicitis

  • Patients without generalised peritonitis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Age < 13 years

  • Patients with simple appendicitis

  • Patients with generalised peritonitis

  • Patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 90) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 45)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 45)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were wound infection, intra‐peritoneal abscess, morbidity, postoperative complications, hospital stay, and duration of antibiotic use

Notes

The drainage tube (PVC suction catheter) was placed through a separate incision down into the right iliac fossa

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Low risk

Comment: all of the primary outcomes were reported. There was some selective outcome reporting in the secondary outcomes, but the review authors considered this trial to be free of selective reporting for the primary outcomes

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Mustafa 2016

Methods

Randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country: Pakistan
Number randomised: 68
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Age (18 to 25): 31 (46%)

Age (26 to 33): 26 (38%)

Age (34 to 39): 11 (16%)
Females: 32 (47%)

Normal appendix: 0

Simple appendicitis: 0

Gangrenous appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Perforated appendicitis: 68 (100%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 0 (0%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for perforated appendicitis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Age < 18 years

  • Patients with generalised peritonitis

  • Immunocompromised patients

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 68) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 34)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 34)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were wound infection and hospital stay

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Quote: "These patients were randomly allocated into 2 treatment groups using lottery method"

Comment: no information provided about the method of random sequence generation

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

High risk

Comment: the primary outcome was not reported

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Stone 1978

Methods

Quasi‐randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country: USA
Number randomised: 283
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Children: not mentioned

Adults: not mentioned
Females: 124 (44%)

Normal appendix: 0 (0%)

Simple appendicitis: 66 (23%)

Suppurative appendicitis: 123 (44%)

Gangrenous appendicitis: 32 (11%)

Perforated appendicitis: 62 (22%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 0 (0%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patients without acute appendicitis

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 94) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 49)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 45)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were wound infection, intra‐peritoneal abscess, postoperative complications, and mortality

Notes

The drainage tube (Penrose drain) was placed through a separate incision down into the right iliac fossa

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

High risk

Quote: "A Penrose drain was inserted through a separate stab wound if the final digit of the patient's hospital number was an odd figure. An even final digit dictated exclusion of any form of peritoneal drainage".

Comment: the allocation was performed on the basis of a pseudo‐random sequence (odd/even hospital number)

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Low risk

Comment: all of the primary outcomes were reported. There was some selective outcome reporting in the secondary outcomes, but the review authors considered this trial to be free of selective reporting for the primary outcomes

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Tander 2003

Methods

Randomised controlled trial

Participants

Country: Turkey

Number randomised: 140
Post‐randomisation dropout: 0 (0%)
Children (0 ‐ 11 years): 140 (100%)

Adults: 0 (0%)
Females: 38 (27%)

Normal appendix: 0 (0%)

Simple appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Gangrenous appendicitis: 0 (0%)

Perforated appendicitis: 140 (100%)

Appendiceal phlegmon or abscess: 0 (0%)
Inclusion criteria:

  • Emergency appendectomy

  • Appendectomy for perforated appendicitis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Continuous pus drainage from the peritoneum despite sufficient wash out

  • Presence of any intra‐abdominal pathology

  • Abscess formation or any other collection, which requires drainage

  • Multiple cavities into the peritoneum

  • Presence of excessive adhesions and fibrins between bowel loops

Interventions

Participants with complicated appendicitis (n = 140) were randomly assigned to 2 groups
Group 1: drainage (n = 70)
Group 2: no drainage (n = 70)

Outcomes

The outcomes reported were wound infection, intra‐peritoneal abscess, postoperative complications, mortality, hospital stay, and duration before oral intake

Notes

2 drainage tubes (Penrose drains) were placed through the wound down into the right iliac fossa and pelvis, respectively

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Comment: no information provided

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

Comment: there were no post‐randomisation dropouts

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Low risk

Comment: all of the primary outcomes were reported. There was some selective outcome reporting in the secondary outcomes, but the review authors considered this trial to be free of selective reporting for the primary outcomes

Other bias

Low risk

Comment: the study appears to be free of other sources of bias

Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID]

Study

Reason for exclusion

Al‐Shahwany 2012

A non‐randomised study

Allemann 2011

A non‐randomised study

Beek 2015

A non‐randomised study

Everson 1977

Randomised controlled trial about extraperitoneal wound drainage (wound drainage versus no wound drainage)

Ezer 2010

A non‐randomised study

Greenall 1978

Randomised controlled trial in which antibiotic regimens were used in a non‐random manner

Johnson 1993

A non‐randomised study

Magarey 1971

Randomised controlled trial in which antibiotic regimens were used in a non‐random manner

Narci 2007

A non‐randomised study

Piper 2011

A non‐randomised study

Song 2015

A non‐randomised study

Toki 1995

Randomised controlled trial about peritoneal lavage versus abdominal drainage

Data and analyses

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Comparison 1. Drain use versus no drain use

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess Show forest plot

5

453

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.23 [0.47, 3.21]

Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

2 Wound infection Show forest plot

5

478

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

2.01 [0.88, 4.56]

Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 2 Wound infection.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 2 Wound infection.

3 Morbidity Show forest plot

1

90

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

6.67 [2.13, 20.87]

Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 3 Morbidity.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 3 Morbidity.

4 Mortality Show forest plot

4

363

Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)

4.88 [1.18, 20.09]

Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 4 Mortality.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 4 Mortality.

5 Hospital stay Show forest plot

3

298

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

2.17 [1.76, 2.58]

Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 5 Hospital stay.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 5 Hospital stay.

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Comparison 2. Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials)

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess Show forest plot

3

316

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.76 [0.28, 2.02]

Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials), Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

Comparison 2 Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials), Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

Study flow diagram.
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Figure 1

Study flow diagram.

'Risk of bias' graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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Figure 2

'Risk of bias' graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Figure 3

'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Trial sequential analysis of drain use versus no drain use for intra‐peritoneal abscess. Analysis was performed with an event rate of 10.7% (Pc) in the control group, a risk ratio reduction of 20%, alpha 5%, beta 20%, and observed diversity 63%. The cumulative Z‐curve did not cross the trial sequential boundaries (inward sloping etched lines). The results showed that the observed diversity‐adjusted required information size was 2,570 participants, corresponding to 20.3% of the total sample size in the included trials. Accordingly, the meta‐analysis did not support or refute an intervention effect as data were too few.
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Figure 4

Trial sequential analysis of drain use versus no drain use for intra‐peritoneal abscess. Analysis was performed with an event rate of 10.7% (Pc) in the control group, a risk ratio reduction of 20%, alpha 5%, beta 20%, and observed diversity 63%. The cumulative Z‐curve did not cross the trial sequential boundaries (inward sloping etched lines). The results showed that the observed diversity‐adjusted required information size was 2,570 participants, corresponding to 20.3% of the total sample size in the included trials. Accordingly, the meta‐analysis did not support or refute an intervention effect as data were too few.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 2 Wound infection.
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 2 Wound infection.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 3 Morbidity.
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 3 Morbidity.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 4 Mortality.
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 4 Mortality.

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 5 Hospital stay.
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Drain use versus no drain use, Outcome 5 Hospital stay.

Comparison 2 Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials), Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials), Outcome 1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess.

Summary of findings for the main comparison. Drainage compared to no drainage for complicated appendicitis

Abdominal drainage to prevent intra‐peritoneal abscess after open appendectomy for complicated appendicitis

Patient or population: people undergoing emergency open appendectomy for complicated appendicitis
Setting: hospital
Intervention: drainage
Comparison: no drainage

Outcomes

Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

No of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Risk with no drain use

Risk with drain use

Intra‐peritoneal abscess

Follow‐up: 14 days

107 per 1000

131 per 1000
(50 to 342)

RR 1.23
(0.47 to 3.21)

453
(5 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,b,c

Wound infection

Follow‐up: 30 days

254 per 1000

511 per 1000
(224 to 1000)

RR 2.01
(0.88 to 4.56)

478
(5 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,b,c

Morbidity

Follow‐up: 30 days

67 per 1000

445 per 1000
(142 to 1000)

RR 6.67
(2.13 to 20.87)

90
(1 study)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,c

Mortality

Follow‐up: 30 days month

6 per 1000

27 per 1000
(7 to 101)

Peto OR 4.88
(1.18 to 20.09)

363
(4 studies)

⊕⊕⊕⊝
Moderatec

Hospital stay (days)

The mean hospital stay in the control groups was 4.60 days

The mean hospital stay in the intervention groups was
2.17 days higher
(1.76 days to 2.58 days higher)

MD 2.17 days higher
(1.76 higher to 2.58 higher)

298
(3 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,d

Hospital cost

Not reported

Pain

Not reported

Quality of life

Not reported

*The basis for the assumed risk is the mean comparison group proportion in the studies. The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; Peto OR: Peto odds ratio; RR: risk ratio

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect
Moderate quality: We are moderately confident in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different
Low quality: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect
Very low quality: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect

a Downgraded two levels for very serious risk of bias.

b Downgraded one level for severe inconsistency (substantial heterogeneity as indicated by the I2 statistic).

c Downgraded one level for serious imprecision. For abscess, morbidity and infection, the confidence interval includes appreciable benefit and harm, and the sample size is small. For mortality, there are few events (8 deaths in total)

d Downgraded one level for serious imprecision (small sample size).

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Summary of findings for the main comparison. Drainage compared to no drainage for complicated appendicitis
Comparison 1. Drain use versus no drain use

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess Show forest plot

5

453

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.23 [0.47, 3.21]

2 Wound infection Show forest plot

5

478

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

2.01 [0.88, 4.56]

3 Morbidity Show forest plot

1

90

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

6.67 [2.13, 20.87]

4 Mortality Show forest plot

4

363

Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)

4.88 [1.18, 20.09]

5 Hospital stay Show forest plot

3

298

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

2.17 [1.76, 2.58]

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Comparison 1. Drain use versus no drain use
Comparison 2. Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials)

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Intra‐peritoneal abscess Show forest plot

3

316

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.76 [0.28, 2.02]

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Comparison 2. Drain use versus no drain use (sensitivity analyses by excluding quasi‐randomised trials)