Table 4.

Summary of literature reports for clinically significant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Literature	Year	n	Blumgart PJa %	PGb %	PJa %	P Value
Meta-analysis for RCTsc
Menahem B et al.7	2015	PG = 562 PJ = 559		11	19	<0.001
Hallet J et al.5	2015	PG = 339 PJ = 337		8	20	<0.001
Que W et al.18	2015	PG = 384 PJ = 382		9	17	<0.001
Liu FB et al.6	2015	PG = 562 PJ = 559		11	21	<0.001
Randomized control trials
Nakeeb AE et al.19	2014	PG = 45 PJ = 45		16	9	NSd
Topal B et al.20	2013	PG = 162 PJ = 167		8	20	0.002
Figueras J et al.21	2013	PG = 65 PJ = 58		11	33	0.006
Wellner UF et al.22	2012	PG = 59 PJ = 57		11	33	NSd
Fernandez-Cruz L et al.23	2008	PG = 53 PJ = 55		4	18	<0.01
Duffas JP et al.24	2005	PG = 81 PJ = 68		16	20	NSd
Bassi C et al.25	2005	PG = 69 PJ = 51		13	16	NSd
Yeo CJ et al.26	1995	PG = 73 PJ = 72		12	11	NSd
Blumgart PJa studies
Fujii T et al.2	2014	B-PJe = 120 PJ = 120	3		36	<0.001
Mishra PK et al.9	2011	B-PJe = 98	7
Grobmyer SR et al.4	2010	B-PJe = 187	7
Kleespies A et al.1	2008	B-PJe = 90 PJ = 92	4		13	0.032
Present study	2015	B-PJe = 103 PG = 103	7	20		0.007

^aPJ: pancreaticojejunostomy.

^bPG: pancreaticogastrostomy.

^cRCTs: randomized controlled trials.

^dNS: not significant.

^eB-PJ: Blumgart pancreaticojejunostomy.