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Table 2 Pathology and treatment of patients undergoing pancreatic surgery before and during the COVID lockdown period

From: Pancreatic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2021: an observational cohort study from a third level referral center

 

Before lockdown

  
 

2017/2018

2018/2019

2019/2020

Total

Lockdown

p value

Tumor localization (%)

Number

254

253

232

739

242

 

Pancreas

200 (78.7)

219 (86.6)

179 (77.2)

598 (80.9)

197 (81.4)

0.925

Papilla

17 (6.7)

12 (4.7)

24 (10.3)

53 (7.2)

16 (6.6)

0.885

Common bile duct

10 (3.9)

10 (4.0)

12 (5.2)

32 (4.3)

13 (5.4)

0.483

Duodenum

27 (10.6)

12 (4.7)

17 (7.3)

56 (7.6)

16 (6.6)

0.672

Pathology (%)

      

Adenocarcinoma

172 (85.0)

173 (68.4)

167 (72.0)

512 (69.3)

172 (71.1)

0.629

Neuroendocrine

19 (7.5)

19 (7.5)

12 (5.2)

50 (6.8)

19 (7.9)

0.564

Other malignancy

10 (3.9)

9 (3.6)

6 (2.5)

25 (3.4) 11 (4.6)

0.431

 

IPMN

33 (13.0)

16 (6.3)

21 (9.1)

70 (9.5) 18 (7.4)

0.367

 

Other benign

20 (7.9)

36 (14.2)

26 (11.2)

82 (11.1)

22 (9.1)

0.403

Tumor stage Adenocarcinoma (%)

0

3 (1.7)

4 (2.3)

3 (1.8)

17 (3.3)

2 (1.2)

0.186

1

8 (4.7)

23 (13.3)

27 (16.2)

79 (15.4)

23 (13.3)

0.716

2

73 (42.4)

52 (30.1)

54 (32.3)

183 (35.7)

53 (30.8)

0.387

3

66 (38.4)

63 (36.4)

67 (40.1)

205 (40.0)

83 (48.3)

0.061

4

22 (12.8)

31 (17.9)

16 (9.6)

70 (13.6)

23 (13.4)

0.999

Operation (%)

      

Whipple

135 (53.2)

97 (38.3)

115 (49.6)

347 (47.0)

98 (40.5)

0.087

Total pancreatectomy

30 (11.8)

52 (20.6)

38 (16.4)

120 (16.2)

42 (17.4)

0.691

Distal Pancreatectomy

45 (17.7)

52 (20.6)

46a (19.8)

143 (19.4)

56b (23.1)

0.411

Exploration

44 (17.3)

52 (20.6)

33 (14.2)

129 (17.5)

46 (19.0)

0.876

Adjuvant chemotherapy adenocarcinomas (%)

117 (68.0)

132 (76.3)

118 (70.7)

367 (71.7)

125 (72.7)

0.263

  1. Patients operated by robotic surgery: a12, b26