Table 2.
Postoperative outcomes in patients with and without sarcopenia who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy
| All patients (n = 219) | Non-sarcopenia (n = 164) |
Sarcopenia (n = 55) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality | 3 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 3 (5.5) | 0.004 |
| Major complication | 36 (16.4) | 24 (14.6) | 12 (21.8) | 0.21 |
| Any infectious complication | 103 (47.0) | 66 (40.2) | 37 (67.3) | <0.001 |
| Wound infection | 35 (16.0) | 26 (15.9) | 9 (16.4) | 0.93 |
| Intra-abdominal abscess | 12 (5.5) | 6 (3.7) | 6 (10.9) | 0.04 |
| infected abdominal fluid | 65 (29.7) | 41 (25.0) | 24 (43.6) | 0.009 |
| Bacteremia | 7 (3.2) | 2 (1.2) | 5 (9.1) | 0.004 |
| Catheter-related infection, | 9 (4.1) | 7 (4.3) | 2 (3.6) | 0.84 |
| Pneumonia | 4 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (5.5) | 0.02 |
| Cholangitis | 8 (3.7) | 4 (2.4) | 4 (7.3) | 0.10 |
| Enteritis | 5 (2.3) | 5 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 0.19 |
| Urinary tract infection | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.8) | 0.42 |
| Pancreatic fistula (Grade B + C) | 72 (32.9) | 52 (31.7) | 20 (36.4) | 0.52 |
| Delayed gastric emptying | 48 (21.9) | 36 (22.0) | 12 (21.8) | 0.98 |
| Length of stay, median (range) | 30 (24–40) | 30 (24–38) | 30 (25–41) | 0.25 |
Data are presented as numbers (percentages), unless otherwise indicated