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Table 1 Comparison of clinical outcomes between patients with and without POPF after distal pancreatectomy

From: The pancreas-to-muscle signal intensity ratio on T1-weighted MRI as a predictive biomarker for postoperative pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy: a single-center retrospective study

 

Patients with POPF (n = 29)

Patients without POPF (n = 88)

p-value

Diagnosis days of POPF (day)

7 (3–25)

-

-

Grade of POPFa

  

-

 Grade B

27 (93.1)

-

 

 Grade C

2 (6.9)

-

 

Treatment for POPF

・Drain replacement and irrigation

19 (65.5)

-

-

・Endoscopic transgastric drainage

7 (24.1)

・Antibiotics and octreotide

3 (10.4)

Postoperative death within 30 days

2 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

0.06

Hospital days (days)

35 (12–121)

13 (7–23)

<0.01✝

  1. Data are expressed as median (range) or number of patients (percentage)
  2. POPF Postoperative pancreatic fistula
  3. aInternational Study Group (ISGPS) definition and grading of POPF as follows: grade B, symptomatic fistula requiring therapeutic intervention such as antibiotics and percutaneous drainage; grade C, symptomatic fistula associated with a severe general condition of patients, sepsis, and multiorgan failure requiring aggressive treatment in the intensive care unit and surgical intervention
  4. ✝p < 0.05
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