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. 2023 Aug 27;15(8):1663–1672. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i8.1663

Table 4.

Odds ratios for 30-day postoperative complications for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy from 2015 to 2019

Complication
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy crude OR (95%CI)
Crude P value
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy adjusted OR/IRR (95%CI)
Adjusted P value
Total operative time 0.15 (0.13, 0.16) < 0.001a 1.14 (1.11,1.16)1 < 0.001a
Perioperative transfusion 1.49 (1.32, 1.69) < 0.001a 1.58 (1.37, 1.82)2 < 0.001a
Superficial SSI 1.13 (0.93, 1.38) 0.217 NP NP
Organ space SSI 0.76 (0.63, 0.91) 0.004a 0.80 (0.66, 0.97)3 0.020a
30-d reoperation 1.03 (0.80, 1.32) 0.832 NP NP
30-d mortality rate 0.40 (0.21, 0.75) 0.005a NP NP
30-d readmission rate 1.14 (0.98, 1.32) 0.090 NP NP
Renal failure 0.74 (0.37, 1.47) 0.382 NP NP
Total hospital stay 0.09 (0.06, 0.12) < 0.001a 0.99 (0.96, 1.02)4 0.640
Drain in place on POD 30 0.76 (0.61, 0.99) 0.041a 0.82 (0.64, 1.06)5 0.124
Pancreatic fistula 0.47 (0.38, 0.58) < 0.001a 0.50 (0.40, 0.63)5 < 0.001a
Delayed gastric emptying 0.81 (0.69, 0.95) 0.010a 0.86 (0.72, 1.01)5 0.073
a

P < 0.05.

1

Odds ratio was adjusted for: Albumin, age, sex, race, body mass index (BMI), diabetes, dyspnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension, elective surgery, wound class, biliary stent, pancreatic duct size, perioperative transfusion requirement, surgical approach, resection of artery or vein.

2

Odds ratio was adjusted for: Albumin, age, sex, race, BMI, diabetes, dyspnea, COPD, hypertension, elective surgery, wound class, biliary stent, surgical approach, resection of artery or vein, T-stage, N-stage.

3

Odds ratio was adjusted for: Age, race, BMI, diabetes, steroids, wound class, American society of anesthesiologists (ASA) class, surgical approach, resection of artery or vein.

4

Odds ratio was adjusted for: Age, race, BMI, diabetes, steroids, wound class, ASA class, surgical approach, resection of artery or vein, organ space infection, failure to wean off ventilator by post-operative day (POD) 30, drain in place by POD 30, return to the odds ratio within 30 d of index operation, delayed gastric emptying, T-stage, N-stage, M-stage.

5

Odds ratio was adjusted for: Age, race, BMI, diabetes, steroids, wound class, ASA class, surgical approach, resection of artery or vein.

IRR: Insulin receptor-related receptor; NP: Not performed; OR: Odds ratio; POD: Post-operative day; SSI: Surgical site infection.