Pancreatic surgery with or without drainage: propensity score-matched study.

Background: A recent RCT has shown that routine intraoperative drain placement after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is not necessary. The aim was to confirm this in real-world conditions.

Methods: A propensity score-matched (PSM) analysis of patients with and without drainage after PD or distal pancreatectomy (DP) at a high-volume centre was undertaken.