Table 2.
Characteristics of seven randomized controlled trials comparing outcomes of pancreaticogastrostomy (PG) and pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) after pancreaticoduodenectomy
| Study | Sample size, n | Patients with diseases, n |
Surgical techniques | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDAC | DD | Amp | DBD | Others | |||
| Bassi et al. (2005)14 | PG 69 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 22 | Single-layer non-absorbable interrupted stitches |
| PJ 82 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 40 | Single-layer duct to mucosa or side-to-side | |
| Duffas et al. (2005)15 | PG 81 | 34 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 19 | Not described |
| PJ 68 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | End-to-end or end to side | |
| Fernandez-Cruz et al. (2008)17 | PG 53 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | Duct-to-mucosa with gastric partition |
| PJ 55 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | End-to-side duct mucosa | |
| Figueras et al. (2013)18 | PG 65 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | Two-layer invagination |
| PJ 58 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | Duct-to-mucosa | |
| Topal et al. (2013)19 | PG 162 | 98 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 2 | End-to-side telescope |
| PJ 167 | 107 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 3 | End-to-side telescope | |
| Wellner et al. (2012)20 | PG 59 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 19 | Invagination |
| PJ 57 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | Duct-to-mucosa | |
| Yeo et al. (1995)16 | PG 73 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | Two-layer, end-to-end |
| PJ 72 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | Two-layer, end-to-end or end-to-side | |
PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; DD, duodenal carcinoma; Amp, ampullary carcinoma; DBD, distal bile duct cancer; PG, pancreaticogastrostomy; PJ, pancreaticojejunostomy.