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Table 4.

Comparison to Other Clinical Series

Author (year)	Number of patients	Pancreatic fistula rate (%)	Mortality (%)	Prognostic factors
Lillemoe et al.⁵	235	5	<1	None identified
Fahy et al.¹⁰	51	26	4	Trauma Suture closure
Pannegeon et al.¹¹	175	23	0	Transection at body No ligation of PD
Thaker et al.⁶	40	13	0	No staple line reinforcement
Lorenz et al.¹³	46	19		None identified
Ridolfini et al.¹²	64	22	1.5	Non-pancreatic malignancy Fibrotic pancreas Octreotide Splenectomy
Sierzega et al.¹⁴	132	13.6		Nutritional risk index<100
Kleef et al.⁹	302	12	2	OR time>480 min Stapler
Ferrone (2008)	462	29	<1	BMI>30 kg/m² Male gender Additional procedure