Table 2.
The postoperative complications of the ampullary carcinoma patients in the perioperative blood transfusion group and no perioperative blood transfusion group
| Characteristic |
No PBT
|
PBT
|
P value | ||
|
n = 113
|
100%
|
n = 144
|
100%
|
||
| Postoperative complications | 0.699 | ||||
| No | 71 | 62.8% | 86 | 59.7% | |
| Yes | 42 | 37.2% | 58 | 40.3% | |
| Specific complications | |||||
| PPH | 10 | 8.8% | 13 | 9.0% | 0.960 |
| POPF | 16 | 14.2% | 22 | 15.3% | 0.802 |
| DGE | 11 | 9.7% | 13 | 9.0% | 0.847 |
| Intra-abdominal infection | 15 | 13.3% | 14 | 9.7% | 0.372 |
PBT: Perioperative blood transfusion; POPF: Postoperative pancreatic fistula; PPH: Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage; DGE: Delayed gastric emptying.