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Table 2 Crude Rates of Length of Stay (> 14 Days), Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality According to Level of Experience and Frequency of Practice

From: The impact of surgical experience and frequency of practice on perioperative outcomes in pancreatic surgery

 

Beginner

Intermediate

Experienced

All Patients (n = 1281)

Sporadic (n = 125)

Frequent (n = 96)

Sporadic (n = 256)

Frequent (n = 163)

Sporadic (n = 241)

Frequent (n = 400)

LOS > 14 Days, n (%)

60 (48.0%)

53 (55.2%)

137 (53.5%)

79 (48.5%)

134 (55.6%)

205 (51.2%)

668 (52.1%)

DGE, n (%)

14 (11.2%)

5 (5.2%)

30 (11.7%)

12 (7.4%)

25 (10.4%)

36 (9.8%)

122 (9.5%)

POPF, n (%)

10 (8.0%)

10 (10.4%)

39 (15.2%)

21 (12.9%)

26 (10.8%)

49 (12.3%)

155 (12.1%)

PPH, n (%)

9 (7.2%)

2 (2.1%)

26 (10.2%)

10 (6.1%)

24 (10.0%)

32 (8.0%)

103 (8.0%)

Cumulative Morbidity, n (%)

25 (20%)

14 (14.6%)

69 (27.0%)

31 (19.0%)

56 (23.2%)

89 (22.3%)

284 (22.2%)

In-hospital Mortality, n (%)

6 (4.8%)

0 (0.0%)

16 (6.3%)

7 (4.3%)

9 (3.7%)

9 (2.3%)

47 (3.7%)

  1. Cumulative Morbidity Includes all Cases With Incidence of Grade B/C delayed gastric emptying (DGE), postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) and/or postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH)
  2. LOS Length of stay