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. 2009 Feb;11(1):57–65. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2008.00012.x

Table 5.

Observed-to-expected (O/E) Morbidity for elective and non-elective pancreatic resections

	Overall	Elective	Non-elective
Patients	412	373	39
Risk of complication^a	56.1%	54.7%	65.8%
Expected morbidity	231	204	26
Observed morbidity^b	216	190	26
O/E morbidity ratio	0.94	0.93	1.00

^a

Reflects mean POSSUM score for patient cohort.¹⁹

^b

Represents actual incidence of complications according to the Clavien complication scheme.²⁰

χ²= 0.96; 1 d.f.; P = 0.317.