Table 1 –
Patient demographics and clinical factors of total study population.
| Variable | n = 551 |
|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 65 (57–73) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 300 (54.4) |
| Female | 251 (45.6) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 483 (87.7) |
| Black | 54 (9.8) |
| Asian | 5 (0.9) |
| Unknown | 9 (1.6) |
| Diagnosis, n (%) | |
| Benign | 81 (14.7) |
| Premalignant | 62 (11.3) |
| PDAC | 226 (41.0) |
| Other malignancy | 182 (33.0) |
| Complications, n (%) | |
| Pancreatic fistula | 98 (17.8) |
| BL | 22 (4.0) |
| Grade B | 57 (10.3) |
| Grade C | 19 (3.4) |
| Delayed gastric emptying | 103 (18.7) |
| Grade A | 39 (7.1) |
| Grade B | 22 (4.0) |
| Grade C | 42 (7.6) |
| Bile leak | 15 (2.7) |
| Grade A | 2 (0.4) |
| Grade B | 8 (1.5) |
| Grade C | 5 (0.9) |
| Gastrointestinal anastomotic leak | 5 (0.9) |
| Reoperations, n (%) | 46 (8.3) |
| Hemorrhage* | 6 (1.1) |
| Gastrointestinal complications† | 27 (4.9) |
| Incisional complications | 16 (2.9) |
*
Excludes 12 patients in the early period and 1 patient in the late period who had endovascular management only.
†
Gastrointestinal complications required multiple reoperations in 3 patients.