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Table 5 Outcomes of patients with distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy by approach

From: Establishing an open and robotic pancreatic surgery program in a level 1 trauma center community teaching hospital and comparing its outcomes to high-volume academic center outcomes: a retrospective review

Outcome

Open

N (of 5)

Robotic

N (of 11)

P-value

R1 Resection

0 (*0%)

0 (*0%)

Reoperation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Chem Leak

0 (0%)

5 (45%)

0.119

POPF

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Bile Leak

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

SSI

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

DGE

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

CD III–IV

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Readmission

0 (0%)

2 (18%)

0.308

Mortality

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Average OR Time

244 ± 67 min

306 ± 85 min

0.175

Average EBL

460 ± 323 mL

236 ± 183 mL

0.095

Average PRBC

0.2 ± 0.5 units

0.2 ± 0.6 units

0.953

Average LOS

6.0 ± 1.7 days

6.0 ± 1.5 days

1.000

Median LOS

5 days

6 days

  1. CD III–IV Clavien–Dindo grades III–IV complication, Chem Leak biochemical pancreatic leak, DGE delayed gastric emptying, EBL estimated blood loss, LOS initial hospital length of stay, OR Time operative time, POPF grade B or C postoperative pancreatic fistula, PRBC packed red blood cells transfused intraoperatively, R1 microscopic residual tumor, SSI surgical site infection
  2. *This rate only applies to the three open and six robotic cases performed for cancer