Table 2.
Distribution of 10 936 operations for pancreatic cancer, according to the type of operation (resective or non-resective surgery) and to the hospital volume category. Percentages are calculated on the total number of operations in each volume category
| Overall hospitals % (n) | Very low-volume % (n) | Low-volume % (n) | Medium-volume % (n) | High-volume % (n) | Very high-volume % (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resective surgery | 60.1% (6570) | 37.5% (857) | 56.2% (1192) | 65.3% (1414) | 67.5% (1612) | 75.6% (1495) |
| Pancreatico-duodenectomy | 37.2% (4072) | 24.5% (561) | 38.2% (809) | 37.4% (809) | 42.7% (1020) | 44.2% (873) |
| Distal pancreatectomy | 13.7% (1501) | 8.0% (184) | 10.5% (222) | 15.9% (343) | 17.1% (408) | 17.4% (344) |
| Total pancreatectomy | 6.0% (657) | 1.7% (38) | 4.3% (91) | 9.3% (201) | 4.4% (104) | 11.3% (223) |
| Other resections | 3.1% (340) | 3.2% (74) | 3.3% (70) | 2.8% (61) | 3.3% (80) | 2.8% (55) |
| Non-resective surgery | 39.9% (4366) | 62.5% (1429) | 43.8% (928) | 34.7% (751) | 32.5% (776) | 24.4% (482) |
| Exploratory laparotomy | 16.3% (1784) | 22.0% (502) | 16.9% (358) | 16.0% (347) | 15.2% (362) | 10.9% (215) |
| Gastric by-pass | 8.8% (967) | 15.2% (347) | 8.7% (185) | 7.6% (164) | 6.6% (157) | 5.8% (114) |
| Double by-pass | 6.5% (713) | 10.1% (230) | 7.9% (167) | 5.2% (112) | 4.1% (99) | 5.3% (105) |
| Biliary by-pass | 6.1% (669) | 11.6% (266) | 7.4% (156) | 4.3% (93) | 4.7% (113) | 2.1% (41) |
| Exploratory laparoscopy | 2.1% (233) | 3.7% (84) | 2.9% (62) | 1.6% (35) | 1.9% (45) | 0.4% (7) |