Systematic review comparing endoscopic, percutaneous and surgical pancreatic pseudocyst drainage

Table 5 Percutaneous vs surgical drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts

Ref.	Sample size	Size (cm)1	Clinical success	Hospital stay (d)1	Reintervention	Mortalities	Adverse events	Bleeding	Intra-abdominal infection
Morton et al[14]	Perc: 8121	-	-	21 (22)2		5.9%2	-	9.64%2	6.8%2
	Surg: 6409	-	-	15 (15)		2.8%	-	8.96%	4.54%
Heider et al[15]	Perc: 66	8.2 (1.1)	42%	45 (5)	50%	9.1%	64%2	9.1%	45.5%
	Surg: 66	7.4 (1.3)	88%	18 (2)	12%	0	27%	4.5%	15.2%
Adams et al[16]	Perc: 52	-	-	36.7	9.5%	2	7.7%	1.9%	1.9%
	Surg: 42	-	-	39.8	19.2%	7.1%	16.7%	4.8%	4.8%
Lang et al[17]	Perc: 26	-	76.9%	-	11.5%	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	0
	Surg: 26	-	73.1%	-	23.1%	3.8%	0	0	0

¹Values in mean ± SD except otherwise indicated;

²Indicates significant differences between the 2 groups. Perc: Percutaneous drainage; Surg: Surgical drainage.