From: Robotic-assisted pancreatic surgery in the elderly patient: experiences from a high-volume centre
Characteristics | Distal pancreatectomy | PPPD or Whipple procedure | ||||
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≥ 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 |