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Table 3 Postoperative morbidity

From: Wrapping gastroduodenal artery stump with the teres hepatis ligament to prevent postpancreatectomy hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy

 

No-wrapping (n = 142)

GDA wrapping (n = 165)

p-value

PPH grade B/C

19 (13.4%)

10 (6.1%)

0.029

GDA hemorrhage

8 (5.6%)

1 (0.6%)

0.014

POPF grade B/C

19 (13.4%)

26 (15.8%)

0.557

Biliary leak

5 (3.5%)

7 (4.2%)

0.745

Delayed gastric emptying

6 (4.2%)

9 (5.5%)

0.618

Intra-abdominal abscess

10 (7.0%)

14 (8.5%)

0.639

Pneumonia

7 (4.9%)

5 (3.0%)

0.392

Heart failure

0

1 (0.6%)

1.000

90-day reoperation

7 (4.9%)

4 (2.4%)

0.239

90-day mortality

4 (2.8%)

2 (1.2%)

0.421

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

28.0 ± 10.6

30.2 ± 17.3

0.174