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Table 5 Postoperative outcomes of 109 patients who underwent robotic-assisted DP or PPPD/Whipple

From: Robotic-assisted pancreatic surgery in the elderly patient: experiences from a high-volume centre

Characteristics

Distal pancreatectomy

PPPD or Whipple procedure

 ≥ 70 years (n = 14)

 < 70 years (n = 39)

P

 ≥ 70 years (n = 17)

 < 70 years (n = 39)

P

Median length of procedure (range), minutes

138 (62–353)

158 (62–330)

0.455a

300 (210–532)

308 (219–535)

0.327a

Median duration of ICU stay (range), days

1.4 (0.6–20.7)

1 (0.4–15.9)

0.513a

1.9 (0.5–43)

0.9 (0.6–84)

0.087a

Median duration of hospital stay (range), days

11 (6–44)

10 (5–52)

0.550a

12 (8–49)

15 (4–91)

0.858b

Postoperative morbidity, n (%)

10 (71)

25 (64)

0.748a

8 (47)

30 (77)

0.028a

Major postoperative morbidity, n (%)

8 (57)

23 (59)

0.905a

7 (41)

22 (56)

0.294a

Clavien Dindo classification, n (%)

  

0.539a

  

0.284a

 0

4 (29)

14 (36)

 

9 (53)

9 (23)

 

 I

0 (0)

1 (3)

 

1 (6)

4 (10)

 

 II

2 (14)

1 (3)

 

0 (0)

4 (10)

 

 IIIA

1 (7)

6 (15)

 

2 (12)

2 (5)

 

 IIIB

4 (29)

12 (31)

 

3 (17)

10 (26)

 

 IVA

3 (21)

5 (13)

 

0 (0)

5 (13)

 

 IVB

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

1 (6)

2 (5)

 

 V

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

1 (6)

3 (8)

 

30-day mortality, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (5)

1a

90-day mortality, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6)

3 (8)

1a

  1. Bold value is statistically significant
  2. ICU, intensive care unit
  3. aChi-Square or Fisher`s Exact Test
  4. bMann Whitney Test