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Surgical outcomes for Whipple procedures between 1980 and 1999
| Dr Andrew L. Warshaw
|
Other surgeons (n = 29)
|
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 441 | 244 | ||||
| EBL (mean, SD) | 881 | 40 | 1,180 | 86 | .0018 |
| Operative blood replacement (n, %) | 105 | 24 | 102 | 42 | .0001 |
| Pancreatic fistula (n, %) | 32 | 7 | 45 | 18 | .0001 |
| Intra-abdominal abscess (n, %) | 11 | 2 | 17 | 7 | .0085 |
| Intra-abdominal bleeding (n, %) | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .0447 |
| Reoperation (n, %) | 11 | 2 | 15 | 6 | .0287 |
| Surgical related death (n, %) | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — |
EBL, Estimated blood loss; SD, standard deviation.
