Table 2.
Procedural details
| Variable | All patients (n = 268) |
Without GVC (n = 211) |
With GVC (n = 57) |
p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP type, n (%) | 0.004b | |||
| Single-stage elective | 232 (86.6) | 176 (83.4) | 56 (98.2) | |
| Elective completion | 36 (13.4) | 35 (16.6) | 1 (1.8) | |
| Standard procedural details | ||||
| Auto-islet transplantation, n (%) | 12 (4.5) | 10 (4.7) | 2 (3.5) | 1.000c |
| Pylorus preservation, n (%) | 90 (33.6) | 85 (40.3) | 5 (8.8) | < 0.001b |
| Spleen preservation, n (%) | 35 (13.1) | 34 (16.1) | 1 (1.8) | 0.004b |
| Ligation splenic vein, n (%) | 233 (86.9) | 177 (83.9) | 56 (98.2) | 0.004b |
| Ligation left coronary vein, n (%) | 58 (21.6) | 22 (10.4) | 36 (63.2) | < 0.001b |
| Ligation splenic vein + left coronary vein, n (%) | 58 (21.6) | 22 (10.4) | 36 (63.2) | < 0.001b |
| Extended resections | ||||
| Extended resection, n (%) | 115 (42.9) | 73 (34.6) | 42 (73.7) | < 0.001b |
| Vascular resection, n (%) | 100 (37.3) | 65 (30.8) | 35 (61.4) | < 0.001b |
| Portomesenteric venous resection | < 0.001b | |||
| Types 1–2 | 12 (4.5) | 8 (3.8) | 4 (7.0) | |
| Types 3–4 | 81 (30.2) | 51 (24.2) | 30 (52.6) | |
| Arterial resectiond | 25 (9.3) | 19 (9.0) | 6 (10.5) | 0.726b |
| Hepatic artery | 21 (7.8) | 16 (7.6) | 5 (8.8) | 0.782c |
| Superior mesenteric artery | 4 (1.5) | 3 (1.4) | 1 (1.8) | 1.000c |
| Venous + arterial resection | 17 (6.3) | 12 (5.7) | 5 (8.8) | 0.371c |
| Multivisceral resection, n (%) | 46 (17.2) | 15 (7.1) | 31 (54.4) | < 0.001b |
| (Sub)total gastrectomy | 29 (10.8) | – | 29 (50.9) | – |
| Colon resection | 11 (4.1) | 10 (4.7) | 1 (1.8) | 0.467c |
| Adrenalectomy | 6 (2.2) | 4 (1.9) | 2 (3.5) | 0.611c |
| Nephrectomy | 5 (1.9) | 3 (1.4) | 2 (3.5) | 0.288c |
| Liver resection | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1.000c |
Bold value indicates statistical significance (p < 0.050)
GVC, gastric venous congestion; TP, total pancreatectomy
aComparison between patients with and without GVC, bChi-square test, cFisher’s exact test, dAll arterial resections are reconstructed