Table 5.
Associations between representative postoperative complications and combined PD
| Representative postoperative complication | Combined PD |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Without |
With |
||
| n = 187a (100%) | n = 41 | ||
| Liver failureb | 60 (32%) | 20 | 0.046 |
| Bile leakageb | 28 (15%) | 6 | 0.956 |
| Intra-abdominal hemorrhageb | 14 (8%) | 7 | 0.074 |
| Pancreatic fistulac | 12 (6%) | 28 | <0.001 |
PD, pancreatoduodenectomy.
a
One patient was excluded, because he died on postoperative day 2.
b
Grade B/C of ISGLS definitions.
c
Grade B/C of ISGPF definition.