Table 2.

Short-term postoperative outcomes. CCI, comprehensive complication index; ICU, intensive care unit; SD, standard deviation; SSI, surgical site infection; POPF, postoperative pancreatic fistula; PPH, post-pancreatectomy haemorrhage; DGE, delayed gastric emptying.

	Biliary Stent (n = 10)	No Biliary Stent (n = 20)	p
CCI	8 (11.4)	15 (14.7)	0.080
Length of stay in the ICU (days), mean (SD)	1 (1)	1 (2)	0.433
Length of hospital stay (days), mean (IQR)	10 (3)	11 (10)	0.284
Superficial SSI within 30 days, n (%)	1 (10)	3 (15)	0.704
POPF grade B/C, n (%)	3 (30)	5 (25)	0.773
PPH grade B/C, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (5)	0.472
DGE grade B/C, n (%)	2 (20)	6 (30)	0.553
Chyle leak grade B/C, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Number of patients with re-operation(s), n (%)	0 (0)	2 (10)	0.300
Number of patients with readmission(s), n (%)	1 (10)	3 (15)	0.704