Table 4.

Statistical analysis of the relationship between patient characteristics and the occurrence of complications and infections in the early post-operative period, expressed as P-value (significant P > 0.05)

	Frequency	Post-operative complications (n = 21)		Post-operative infection (n = 10)		Pancreatic fistula (n = 5)
		n	P-value	n	P-value	n	P-value
Jaundice	30	7	0.29	4	0.75	1	0.64
Comorbidity	43	14	0.72	7	1.0	4	0.64
Hypoalbuminemia	17	7	0.18	5	0.05	1	0.73
Biliary stent	4	1	1.0	4	1.0	1	0.25
Wirsung duct > 10 mm	7	2	1.0	1	1.0	1	0.40
Portal hypertension	8	2	1.0	2	0.61	0	1.0
Biliary bypass	13	5	0.51	2	1.0	1	1.0
Intra-operative complications	22	8	0.44	7	0.03	2	0.63
Splenectomy	8	1	0.42	1	1.0	0	1.0
Blood transfusion	37	13	0.34	6	0.95	4	0.35
Head size of the pancreas*	–	–	0.28	–	0.74	–	0.18
Excised tissue (amount)*	–	–	0.47	–	0.86	–	0.07

^*Numerical variables.

Bold indicates significant P-values.