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Table 3 Perioperative Outcomes: Emergent vs. Elective Pancreatectomy

From: Emergent pancreatectomy for neoplastic disease: outcomes analysis of 534 ACS-NSQIP patients

Perioperative Outcome

Emergent PD (n = 409)

Elective PD (n = 14,409)

p

Emergent DP (n = 115)

Elective DP (n = 6077)

p

Emergent TP (n = 10)

Elective TP (n = 432)

p

OR Time min, median

361

358

0.46

208

216

0.49

378

375

0.92

Blood Transfusion, no. (%)

121 (49.8)

2486 (26.4)

< 0.001

26 (38.8)

588 (14.9)

< 0.001

2 (66.7)

115 (40.2)

0.57

Any Complication, no. (%)

230 (56.2)

5187 (36.0)

< 0.001

53 (46.1)

1509 (24.8)

< 0.001

3 (30.0)

147 (34.0)

1.0

Major Complication, no. (%)

199 (48.7)

3989 (27.7)

< 0.001

44 (38.3)

1234 (20.3)

< 0.001

3 (30.0)

126 (29.2)

1.0

Unplanned intubation, no. (%)

4 (11.0)

718 (5.0)

< 0.001

2 (1.7)

125 (2.1)

1.0

1 (10)

21 (4.9)

0.4

PE, no. (%)

2 (0.5)

148 (1.0)

0.45

3 (2.6)

111 (1.8)

0.47

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

1.0

Pneumonia, no. (%)

40 (9.8)

651 (4.5)

< 0.001

10 (8.7)

200 (3.3)

0.002

1 (10.0)

19 (4.4)

0.37

SSI, no. (%)

35 (8.6)

1440 (10.0)

0.34

6 (5.2)

237 (3.9)

0.47

0 (0.0)

25 (5.8)

1.0

Organ-space infection, no. (%)

64 (15.6)

1607 (11.2)

0.005

13 (11.3)

540 (8.9)

0.37

1 (10.0)

40 (9.3)

1

UTI, no. (%)

36 (8.8)

711 (4.9)

< 0.001

11 (9.6)

237 (3.9)

0.002

0 (0.0)

22 (5.1)

1.0

Return to OR, no. (%)

64 (15.6)

910 (6.3)

< 0.001

10 (8.7)

215 (3.5)

0.003

1 (10.0)

36 (8.3)

0.59

LOS days, (median)

15

9

< 0.001

9

6

< 0.001

15

9

0.59

Discharge to home, no. (%)a

116 (64.4)

6448 (83.3)

< 0.001

44 (83.0)

3031 (92.7)

0.015

2 (100.0)

207 (86.3)

0.57

30-day Mortality, no. (%)

42 (10.3)

458 (3.2)

< 0.001

6 (5.2)

75 (1.2)

< 0.001

2 (20.0)

24 (5.6)

0.11

  1. avariable added in 2011, no. (%) of available patient data
  2. Abbreviations: PE pulmonary embolism, UTI urinary tract infection