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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2016 Oct;264(4):591–598. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001846

Table 5.

Selected Complications – n (%)

Liberal
n=164
Restricted
n=166
Risk Ratio (95%CI) p
Grade 3 Complications
 Intraabdominal Fluid Collection/Abscess 15 (9%) 19 (11%) 0.80 (0.42–1.52) 0.6
 Pancreatic Leak/Fistula 8 (5%) 11 (7%) 0.74 (0.30 – 1.78) 0.6
 Biliary Leak 1 (1%) 0 (0%) --- 0.5
 Total 24 (15%) 30 (18%) 0.81 (0.50 – 1.32) 0.5
Grades 2 and 3 Complications
 Intraabdominal Fluid Collection/Abscess 22 (13%) 28 (17%) 0.80 (0.48 – 1.33) 0.5
 Pancreatic Leak/Fistula 8 (5%) 12 (7%) 0.67 (0.28 – 1.61) 0.6
 Biliary Leak 1 (1%) 1 (1%) --- 1.0
 Total 31 (19%) 41 (25%) 0.77 (0.51 – 1.16) 0.2
Occurrence of DGE 8 (4.9%) 6 (3.6%) 1.35 (0.48 – 3.80) 0.6
Return to OR 3 (2%) 2 (1%) --- 0.7
IR Interventions 26 (16%) 41 (25%) 0.64 (0.41 – 1.01) 0.06
Length of Stay - Days
 All 7 (3–57) 7 (3–34) --- 0.32
 Pancreaticoduodenectomy* 7 (4–57) n=116 7 (5–34) n=118 --- 0.88
 Distal 5 (3–34) n=48 5.5 (3–21) n=48 --- 0.13
Readmission
 Within 30 Days 24 (15%) 40 (24%) 0.63 (0.34 – 1.16) 0.04
 Within 60 Days 31 (19%) 46 (28%) 0.07
*

Includes Central Pancreatectomy procedures