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. 2019 Jun 27;8(7):1052–1060. doi: 10.1530/EC-19-0282

Table 1.

Demographic, surgical and pathological data of the study population.

All patients (n = 542)
Sex – female 300 (55.4)
Age (year)a 53 (43–62)
Symptomatic 272 (50.2)
Incidental 258 (47.6)
Non-functional tumor 435 (80.3)
Functional tumor 107 (19.7)
 Insulinoma 103 (18.9)
 Glucagonoma 1 (0.2)
 Somatostatinoma 1 (0.2)
 VIPoma 2 (0.4)
Tumor location
 Head/neck/uncinate 256 (47.2)
 Body/tail 286 (52.8)
Multiple 23 (4.2)
Tumor size (mm)b 22.0 (14.0–37.3)
Synchronous liver metastasis 19 (3.5)
Surgical approach
 Open 273 (50.4)
 Minimally invasive 269 (49.6)
Type of resection
 PPPD or PD 199 (36.7)
 Distal pancreatectomy 249 (45.9)
 Central pancreatectomy 32 (5.9)
 Enucleation 50 (9.2)
 Total pancreatectomy 12 (2.2)
Combined operation
 Hepatectomy and/or intraoperative RFA 19 (3.5)
 Portal vein resection 16 (3.0)
 Others 1 (0.2)
Morbidity (Dindo and Clavien’s classification)
 Overall 122 (22.5)
 Grade I/II 94 (17.3)
 Grade III/IV 27 (5.0)
Pancreatic fistula
 Grade A 102 (18.8)
 Grade B 34 (6.3)
 Grade C 4 (0.7)
Postoperative mortality 1 (0.2)
Adjuvant treatment 27 (5.0)
Grade
 G1 250 (46.1)
 G2 154 (28.4)
 G3 34 (6.3)
 Unknown 104 (19.2)
AJCC tumor category
 T1/T2 429 (79.2)
 T3/T4 113 (20.8)
N1 status 67 (12.4)
M1 status 20 (3.7)
Lymphovascular invasion 122 (22.5)
Perineueral invasion 82 (15.1)
Resection margin 31 (5.7)

Values in parentheses are percentages.

aValues are median (i.q.r.). bValues are median (i.q.r.).

AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; G, tumor grade (World Health Organization classification, 2010); PD, pancreaticoduodenectomy; PPPD, pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy; RFA, radiofrequency ablation.