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Table 4 Postoperative outcomes of patients with biliary obstruction

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

Postop outcomes

Total

(n = 120)

PBD group

(n = 72)

No PBD group (n = 48)

p-value

Hospitalization, median (IQR), day

12 (8–21)

12 (9–18)

12 (7–23)

0.776

Primary surgical complications, no. (%)

22 (15.0)

9 (12.5)

10 (20.8)

0.221

Wound Infection, no. (%)

21 (14.8)

9 (12.9)

8 (17.4)

0.499

Hemorrhage, no. (%)

13 (9.2)

6 (8.7)

6 (13)

0.539

Intraabdominal abscess, no. (%)

12 (8.5)

8 (11.4)

2 (4.3)

0.311

Grade C POPF, no. (%)

9 (6.3)

4 (5.7)

3 (6.5)

1.000

Delayed gastric emptying, no. (%)

8 (5.6)

6 (8.6)

1 (2.2)

0.241

Overall morbidity, no. (%)

58 (40.7)

25 (34.7)

24 (51.1)

0.077

Mortality, no. (%)

31 (21.1)

13 (18.1)

13 (27.1)

0.240

  1. IQR interquartile range, POPF postoperative pancreatic fistula