Table 2.

The operative outcomes

Variables	Group 1	Group 2	P value
Operative time (min)	263.4 ± 37.2	332.7 ± 55.6	< 0.001
Estimated blood loss (ml)	105.1 ± 36.5	388.3 ± 150.7	< 0.001
Pancreatic texture			1.0
soft	26	33
hard	1	2
Diameter of MPD (mm)	2.3 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.4	0.76
Conversion (n, %)	0	1, 2.9%	1.0
Tumor size (cm)	4.6 ± 1.7	6.3 ± 2.7	0.09

MPD: Main pancreatic duct