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. 2023 Jun 10;23:156. doi: 10.1186/s12893-023-02062-y

Table 2.

Intra- and postoperative outcomes

Indicators Pathology of the pancreas χ2/P value
Chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst of the pancreas (n = 71) Chronic pancreatitis with inflammatory mass in the head of the pancreas (n = 86) Cancer of the head of the pancreas (n = 68)
Surgical result:
An approach: 65.173/0.000
 open (%) 65 (91.5%) 86 (100%) 36 (52.9%)
 laparoscopic (%) 6 (8.5%) 0 32 (47.1%)
Type of surgery (%): NA
 cysto-jejunostomy 55 (77.5%)  −   − 
 cysto-gastrostomy 4 (5.6%)  −   − 
 DPPHR according to Frey 12 (16.9%) 52 (60.5%)  − 
 DPPHR according to Beger the Berne modification  −  26 (30.2%)  − 
 Whipple’s procedure  −  8 (9.3%) 68 (100%)
Intraoperative data:
 Duration of operation (min) 112 [55–143] 166 [143–245] 294 [234–850] 49.982/0.000
 Red blood cell transfusion 0 4 (4.7%) 16 (23.5%)
 Portal venous resection 0 0 8 (11.8%)
Postoperative complications:
 Clavien-Dindo I, n (%) 9 (25.3%) 8 (9.3%) 9 (13.2%) 34.321/0.000
 Clavien-Dindo II, n (%) 2 (2.8%) 4 (14%) 18 (26.5%)
 Clavien-Dindo IIIa, n (%) 0 0 11 (16.2%)
 Clavien-Dindo IIIb, n (%) 0 0 2 (2.9%)
 Clavien-Dindo IVa, n (%) 0 0 1 (1.5%)
 Clavien-Dindo IVb, n (%) 0 0 1 (1.5%)
 Clavien-Dindo V, n (%) 1 (1.4%) 1 (1.2%) 4 (5.9%)
Delayed gastric emptying (ISGPF grade)
 Grade A 1 (1.4%) 2 (2.3%) 3 (4.4%) 14.887/0.005
 Grade B 0 1 (1.2%) 6 (8.8%)
 Grade C 0 4 (4.7%) 5 (7.4%)
Bile leakage (ISGLS grade)
 Grade A 0 1 4 (5.9%) 13.805/0.008
 Grade B 0 0 3 (4.4%)
 Grade C 0 2 1 (1.5%)
Pancreatic fistula (ISGPF grade)
 Grade A 0 0 4 (5.9%) 34.617/0.000
 Grade B 0 0 11 (16.2%)
 Grade C 0 4 (4.7%) 6 (8.8%)
Hospital stay (day) 10 [8–15] 12 [11–34] 24 [19–154] 8.218/0.017

Abbreviations: NA Not applicable, DPPHR Duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection, ISGLS International Study Group of Liver Surgery [42], ISGPF International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula [43]