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Table 2 Postoperative complications and surveillance bile culture

From: Significance of bile culture surveillance for postoperative management of pancreatoduodenectomy

Complication

All cases

Bile culture positive

p value

MDR pathogens positive

p value

(n = 51)

(n = 28)

(n = 11)

Incisional SSI (%)

6 (12)

4 (14)

0.53

4 (36)

0.01

Organ/space SSI (%)

33 (65)

18 (64)

0.95

7 (63)

0.93

 Bile leakage (%)

4 (8)

2 (7)

0.84

1 (9)

0.86

 Pancreatic fistula (%)

21 (41)

12 (43)

0.79

4 (36)

0.71

 Cholangitis (%)

3 (6)

2 (7)

0.67

1 (9)

0.63

 Enteritis (%)

3 (6)

2 (7)

0.67

1 (9)

0.63

Clavien-Dindo ≥ 3 complication (%)

16 (31)

7 (25)

0.28

3 (27)

0.74

  1. Abbreviations: SSI surgical site infection, MDR multi-drug resistance