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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Somatostatin analogues for the treatment of enterocutaneous fistulas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. World J Surg 2012; 36: 1016-1029.

Published: 11th February 2013

Authors: Coughlin S, Roth L, Lurati G, Faulhaber M

Conclusion

Eight randomized trials were analyzed. Somatostatin had no effect on mortality, but it did reduce the time to closure of the fistula (weighted mean difference -6.37 days, 95 per cent confidence interval -8.83 to -4.42) and the duration of hospital stay (-4.53 days, -8,29 to -0.77).

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