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. 2022 Jan 24;29(5):3206–3214. doi: 10.1245/s10434-022-11326-5

Table 3.

Postoperative outcomes: distribution is overall, by surgical treatment group, and by final pathology (n = 524)

Total
(n = 524)
PD
(n = 289)
(55.2%)
DP
(n = 144)
(27.5%)
TP
(n = 91)
(17.4%)
LGD
(n = 173)
(33.1%)
HGD/inv
(n = 351)
(66.9%)
P value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Overall morbidity 235 (44.8) 143 (49.5) 58 (40.3) 34 (37.4) 77 (44.5) 158 (45.1) 0.912
Surgical morbidity
 Biochemical leak 76 (21.3) 26 (9.0) 49 (34.0) 1 (1.1) 35 (20.2) 41 (11.7) 0.009
 CR-POPF 52 (14.6) 44 (15.2) 8 (5.5) 0 (0) 21 (12.1) 31 (8.8) 0.234
 PPH 57 (10.9) 35 (12.1) 10 (6.9) 12 (13.2) 22 (12.7) 35 (10.0) 0.348
 DGE 34 (6.5)a 23 (8.0) 1 (0.7) 10 (11.1)a 11 (6.4) 23 (6.6) 0.939
 Abdominal abscess 19 (3.6) 14 (4.8) 3 (2.1) 2 (2.2) 8 (4.6) 11 (3.1) 0.394
 Biliary fistula 37 (7.1) 27 (9.3) 3 (2.1) 7 (7.7) 10 (5.8) 27 (7.7) 0.417
 Enteric fistula 21 (4.0) 15 (5.2) 3 (2.1) 3 (3.3) 6 (3.5) 15 (4.3) 0.654
 Chyle leak 19 (3.6) 10 (3.5) 3 (2.1) 6 (6.6) 4 (2.3) 15 (4.3) 0.259
Medical morbidity
 Sepsis 27 (5.2) 19 (6.6) 4 (2.8) 4 (4.4) 4 (2.3) 23 (6.6) 0.038
 Respiratory complications 71 (13.5) 42 (14.5) 18 (12.5) 11 (12.1) 26 (15.0) 45 (12.8) 0.487
 Cardiac complications 24 (4.6) 13 (4.5) 6 (4.2) 5 (5.5) 9 (5.2) 15 (4.3) 0.632
 Acute renal failure 11 (2.1) 7 (2.4) 2 (1.4) 2 (2.2) 4 (2.3) 7 (2.0) 0.815
 Neurologic complications 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.6) 0 (0) 0.154
 Surgical-site infections 15 (2.9) 9 (3.1) 2 (1.4) 4 (4.4) 2 (1.2) 13 (3.7) 0.099
Clavien–Dindo score
 No 112 (21.4) 60 (20.8) 28 (19.4) 24 (26.4) 31 (17.9) 81 (23.1) 0.176
 1 153 (29.2) 80 (27.7) 52 (36.1) 21 (23.1) 57 (32.9) 96 (27.4) 0.185
 2 161 (30.7) 81 (28.0) 52 (36.1) 28 (30.8) 56 (32.4) 105 (30.0) 0.567
 3a 49 (9.4) 34 (11.8) 6 (4.2) 9 (9.9) 17 (9.8) 32 (9.1) 0.792
 3b 23 (4.4) 13 (4.5) 4 (2.8) 6 (6.6) 6 (3.5) 17 (4.8) 0.469
 4a 8 (1.5) 5 (1.7) 2 (1.4) 1 (1.1) 2 (1.2) 6 (1.7) 0.627
 4b 4 (0.8) 3 (1.0) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 1 (0.6) 3 (0.9) 0.732
 5 14 (2.7) 13 (4.5) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 4 (2.3) 10 (2.9) 0.720
Clavien–Dindo ≥3 98 (18.7%) 68 (23.5) 12 (8.3) 18 (19.8) 30 (17.3) 68 (19.4) 0.574
Median LOS: days (IQR) 10 (6)b 10 (7)c 8 (4)d 11 (9)d 9 (7) 10 (6) 0.010
Endocrine insufficiency
 New onset 111 (25.6)e 68 (23.5) 43 (29.9) 41 (23.7) 70 (19.9) 0.322
 Worsening 64 (66.7)e,f 34 (65.4)f 17 (70.8)f 18 (10.4) 46 (13.1) 0.375
Exocrine insufficiency 156 (36.0)g 120 (41.5) 36 (25.0) 56 (32.4) 100 (28.5) 0.361

PD pancreaticoduodenectomy, DP distal pancreatectomy, TP total pancreatectomy, LGD low-grade dysplasia, HGD/inv high-grade dysplasia/invasive cancer, CR-POPF clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula, PPH post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, DGE delayed gastric emptying, LOS length of stay, IQR interquartile range

Missing data: a1; b20; c16; d2

eTotal pancreatectomies excluded

fCalculated among patients with pre-existing diabetes

gTotal pancreatectomies and chronic pancreatitis excluded