Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2013; 19(30): 4992-4999
Published online Aug 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i30.4992
Table 3 Surgical outcomes and postoperative courses of laparoscopic pancreas- and spleen-preserving splenic hilum lymph nodes dissection
Itemsmean ± SD (range)
Operating time (min)268.4 ± 48.0 (180-352)
Estimated blood loss (mL)150.0 ± 85.3 (50-300)
No. of retrieved LN24.2 ± 7.9 (16-39)
No. of metastatic LN3.5 ± 5.9 (0-21)
No. of retrieved splenic hilum LN4.8 ± 1.8 (2-8)
No. of metastatic splenic hilum LN0.3 ± 0.9 (0-3)
Time to first flatus (POD)3.7 ± 1.4 (2-6)
Time to soft diet (POD)7.2 ± 2.1 (4-10)
Hospital stay (POD)9.4 ± 2.6 (5-13)
Intraoperative complication1 (8.3%)
Postoperative complication0
Mortality0