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Table 3 Postoperative outcomes

From: The effect of preoperative biliary drainage on postoperative complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy: a triple center retrospective study

Postop outcomes

Total

(n = 147)

PBD group

(n = 73)

No PBD group (n = 74)

p-value

Hospitalization, median (IQR), day

12 (8–21)

12 (9–18)

12 (7–23)

0.696

Primary surgical complications, no. (%)

22 (15.0)

9 (12.3)

13 (17.6)

0.489

Wound infection, no. (%)

21 (14.8)

9 (12.7)

12 (16.9)

0.478

Hemorrhage, no. (%)

13 (9.2)

6 (8.6)

7 (9.9)

0.792

Intraabdominal abscess, no. (%)

12 (8.5)

8 (11.3)

4 (5.6)

0.228

Grade C POPF, no. (%)

9 (6.3)

4 (5.6)

5 (7.0)

1.000

Grade C DGE, no. (%)

8 (5.6)

6 (8.5)

2 (2.8)

0.275

Overall morbidity, no. (%)

58 (40.7)

25 (34.2)

33 (45.8)

0.177

Mortality, no. (%)

31 (21.1)

13 (17.8)

18 (24.3)

0.333

  1. IQR interquartile range, POPF postoperative pancreatic fistula, DGE delayed gastric emptying