Table 2. Complications among Resected Pancreatic and Periampullary Adenocarcinoma Patients.

Total (n=387)	Ethanol (n=193)	Saline (n=194)	p Value
Complications, any	85 (44%)	82 (42%)	0.75*
Complication type
Pancreatic fistula	22 (11%)	33 (17%)	0.12*
DGE	41 (21%)	33 (17%)	0.29*
Intra-abdominal abscess	15 (8%)	22 (11%)	0.24*
Wound infection	12 (6%)	17 (9%)	0.33*
UTI	16 (8%)	13 (7%)	0.58*
Cardiac	12 (6%)	11 (6%)	0.83*
HJ or DJ leak	6 (3%)	9 (5%)	0.42*
Other	9 (5%)	8 (4%)	0.77*
No. of complications per patient, mean	0.7	0.8	0.28†
LOS, d (median, range; Q1, Q3)	7 (6, 10)	7 (6, 8)
30-d Mortality, n (%)	4 (2.1)	3 (1.5)	0.66*
90-d Mortality, n (%)	4 (2.1)	7 (3.6)	0.37*

Fistula grading per ISGPF criteria.

^*Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel: row mean scores difference p-value.

^†Zero-Inflated Poisson: treatment group p-value.

DGE, delayed gastric emptying; UTI, urinary tract infection; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; HJ, hepaticojejunostomy; DJ, duodenojejunostomy; LOS, postoperative hospital length of stay.