Stapled gastro/duodenojejunostomy shortens reconstruction time during pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 1 Patient characteristics in the stapled anastomosis group and hand-sewn anastomosis group

	Stapled anastomosis group	Hand-sewn anastomosis group	P value
Age (yr, mean ± SD)	67.2 ± 11.7	65.2 ± 11.2	0.59
Gender (M/F)	11/8	14/5	0.50
ASA
1	4	1
2	10	16
3	5	2	0.11
Comorbidities n (%)	8 (42)	8 (42)	1.00
Diabetes n (%)	5 (26)	6 (32)	1.00
Previous history of upper abdominal surgery	2 (11)	2 (11)	1.00
Preoperative albumin level (g/dL, mean ± SD)	3.96 ± 0.35	3.74 ± 0.44	0.10
Disease
Pancreatic cancer	6	4	0.08
Ampullary cancer	3	6
Lower bile duct cancer	2	2
Gallbladder cancer	1	0
IPMN	3	3
SCN	0	1
PNET	3	0
Duodenal GIST	0	1
Mass-forming pancreatitis	0	1
Others	1	1

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms; SCN: Solid cystic neoplasms; PNET: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor.