Table 3.
Thirty-day postoperative complications for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy from 2015 to 2019, n (%)
| Complication |
Initial surgery
|
Neoadjuvant radiation
|
P value
|
|
n = 9988
|
n = 1470
|
||
| Wound dehiscence | 110 (1.1) | 16 (1.1) | 0.965 |
| Ventilator dependent > 48 h | 223 (2.2) | 38 (2.6) | 0.398 |
| Stroke | 29 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 0.791 |
| Myocardial infarction | 124 (1.2) | 9 (0.6) | 0.035a |
| DVT | 269 (2.7) | 55 (3.7) | 0.024a |
| Pulmonary embolism | 108 (1.1) | 5 (0.3) | 0.004a |
| Pneumonia | 305 (3.1) | 30 (2.0) | 0.031a |
| UTI | 247 (2.5) | 32 (2.2) | 0.491 |
| Septic shock | 207 (2.1) | 34 (2.3) | 0.545 |
a
P < 0.05.
DVT: Deep venous thrombosis; UTI: Urinary tract infection.