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. 2020 Jun 26;20:201. doi: 10.1186/s12876-020-01350-8

Table 6.

Summarization of recent studies of risks of surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Author (year) Type of study No. of patients Incidence of SSI (%) Percent of malignancy (%) Risk factors of surgical site infection
Poluk K. E (2016) [37] Single center retrospective 679 17.2

Pre-operative biliary drainage,

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Zhang L (2016) [9] Single center retrospective 212 29a 80

Pancreatic fistula,

Blood transfusion

Barreto S. G (2015) [7] Single center retrospective 277 35 81

Pre-operative biliary stent insertion,

Non-diabetic endocrine co-morbidity.

De Pastena M (2017) [17] Single center retrospective 893 45.8† Pre-operative biliary drainage
Sugiura T (2012) [8] Single center retrospective 408 51 90

Long operative time,

High Body Mass Index,

Pancreatic fistula,

Semi-close suction drain,

Main pancreatic duct < 3 mm,

Abdominal wall fat thickness > 10 mm.

Burkhart R. A (2017) [2] Single center retrospective 394 19.8 71.1 Pre-operative biliary drainage, neoadjuvant therapy, prior abdominal surgery
Shinkawa H (2018) [10] Single center retrospective 106 14.2

Nutritional risk index,

Pancreatic fistula

Gavazzi F (2016) [35]

Single center

retrospective

180 52.3 86

Pre-operative biliary stent,

Cardiac disease, BMI > 25 mg/m2

Okano K (2015) [30]

Multi center

retrospective

4147 27.1 90

Male sex, age 70 years or more,

Body mass index at least 25 kg/m2,

Other previous malignancy,

Liver disease,

Bile contamination,

Duration of surgery 7 h or longer, Intraoperative blood transfusion,

Soft pancreas

a Overall infectious complication

- Not stated