Table 1.
Patients with microbiological data - clinical characteristics.
| N | |
|---|---|
| 54 | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 31 (57.4%) |
| Female | 23 (42.6%) |
| Age (median; min-max) | 70.0 (33–87) |
| Operation | |
| Pancreatic head resection | 33 (61.1%) |
| Distal pancreatectomy | 8 (14.8%) |
| Total pancreatectomy | 7 (13.0%) |
| Other | 6 (11.1%) |
| Preoperative bile duct stenting | 24 (44.4%) |
| Histopathology | |
| Ductal adenocarcinoma | 27 (50.0%) |
| Distal bile duct/Papilla cancer | 7 (13.0%) |
| Chronic pancreatitis | 13 (24.1%) |
| Benign conditions | 3 (5.6%) |
| IPMN | 2 (3.7%) |
| Other | 2 (3.7%) |
| Grade of pancreatic fistula | |
| Biochemical Leak | 1 (1.9%) |
| B | 7 (13.0%) |
| C | 3 (5.6%) |
| Wound infections | 4 (7.4%) |
| Clavien-Dindo Class | |
| 0 | 25 (46.3%) |
| I | 5 (9.3%) |
| II | 7 (13.0%) |
| III | 10 (18.5%) |
| IV | 6 (11.1%) |
| V | 1 (1.9%) |
| Bacterial spectrum in the pancreatic duct | |
| Sterile | 39 (72.2%) |
| Intestinal bacteria | 10 (18.5%) |
| Other bacteria | 5 (9.3%) |
| Bacterial spectrum in the fistula/abscess (n = 7) | |
| Sterile | 1 (14.3%) |
| Intestinal bacteria | 2 (28.6%) |
| Other bacteria | 4 (57.1%) |