Table 2.
Studied endpoints of patients who underwent duodenopancreatectomy
| Endpoints | Study population (n = 197) |
Passive drainage (n = 132) |
Closed-suction drainage (n = 65) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No./mean ± SDa | (%) | No./mean ± SDa | (%) | No./mean ± SDa | (%) | p | |
| 30-day post-operative morbidity | 0.93 | ||||||
| Overall | 140 | (71.0) | 94 | (71.2) | 46 | (70.8) | |
| Grade I-II | 64 | (32.5) | 44 | (33.3) | 20 | (30.8) | |
| Grade ≥ III | 76 | (38.6) | 50 | (37.9) | 26 | (40.0) | |
| POPFb | |||||||
| Overall | 75 | (38.1) | 43 | (32.6) | 32 | (47.7) | 0.04 |
| Grade A | 25 | (12.7) | 11 | (8.3) | 14 | (21.5) | 0.03 |
| Grade B | 22 | (11.2) | 14 | (10.6) | 8 | (12.3) | 0.74 |
| Grade C | 27 | (13.7) | 18 | (13.6) | 9 | (13.8) | 0.91 |
| Intra-abdominal fluid collection | 45 | (22.9) | 28 | (21.1) | 17 | (26.1) | 0.44 |
| Post-operative hemorrhage | 18 | (9.1) | 12 | (9.0) | 6 | (9.2) | 0.97 |
| 90-day post-operative mortality | 28 | (14.2) | 20 | (15.2) | 8 | (12.3) | 0.59 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 30 ± 33 | - | 28 ± 18 | - | 31 ± 48 | - | 0.17 |
aStandard deviation
bPost-operative pancreatic fistula