Airazat Kazaryan, Consultant surgeon at Østfold Hospital, shared a post on Facebook:

“Our last publication published in “Updates in Surgery”

It concludes in a randomised controlled trial that the White test cannot be recommended for the prevention of bile leakage after liver resection.

It is important to publish negative results (although it is a bit sad to do and much more difficult to publish), so others avoid to use techniques that have not received a proof of efficiency.”

Title: Evaluation of the white test effectiveness for the prevention of bile leakage after liver resection: multicenter randomized controlled study

Journal: Updates in Surgery

Authors: Oleg G. Skipenko, Arkady L. Bedzhanyan, Nikita K. Chardarov, Irina B. Ermak, Andrew D. Ermak, Oleg O. Rummo, Dzmitry A. Fedoruk, Oleg G. Kotenko, Airazat M. Kazaryan

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Airazat Kazaryan: Evaluation of the white test effectiveness for the prevention of bile leakage after liver resection

“Our last publication published in “Updates in Surgery”

It concludes in a randomised controlled trial that the White test cannot be recommended for the prevention of bile leakage after liver resection.

It is important to publish negative results (although it is a bit sad to do and much more difficult to publish), so others avoid to use techniques that have not received a proof of efficiency.”