Table 6.

Best-patient-in-best-centre 75th percentiles (benchmark cut-offs) and 25th percentiles in comparison to those for Achievable Benchmark of Care best achievable benchmarks and percentiles for robotically assisted spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy

	Low-risk patients undergoing RSPDP (n = 162)		All patients undergoing RSPDP (n = 279)
	BPBC 25th percentile	BPBC 75th percentile (benchmark cut-off)	ABC best achievable outcome	ABC 25th percentile	ABC 50th percentile	ABC 75th percentile
Duration of operation (min)	211.4	262.5	207	223	263	324
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	100	195	100	100	125	175
Conversion (%)	0	8.2	1.7	6.8	10.1	12.4
Failure to preserve spleen (%)	1	27.3	1.7	0	21.4	31.3
Overall morbidity (%)	41	55.7	34	46.8	57.8	70.3
Major morbidity (%)	4.6	14	3.3	6.8	10.1	20
CR-POPF (%)	0	24.2	7.1	13.3	20	30.3
Duration of hospital stay (days)	6	8	6	7	8	11
Readmission (%)	7.7	15.1	5.4	0	6.7	17.6
90-day mortality (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0

RSPDP, robotically assisted spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy; BPBC, best patient in best centre; ABC, Achievable Benchmark of Care; CR-POPF, clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula.