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World J Gastrointest Surg. Sep 27, 2022; 14(9): 896-903
Published online Sep 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i9.896
Published online Sep 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i9.896
Table 2 Perioperative outcomes of the patients
| Central pancreatectomy (n = 34) | Distal pancreatectomy (n = 262) | P value | |
| Surgery, n (%) | < 0.005 | ||
| Open surgery | 25 (73.5) | 63 (24.2) | |
| Laparoscopy | 9 (26.5) | 197 (75.8) | |
| Associated splenectomy, n (%) | 0 | 123 (46.9) | |
| Mean operation time (min) | 311 | 244 | < 0.05 |
| Mean perioperative blood loss (mL) | 159 | 167 | 0.525 |
| Overall morbidity, n (%) | 0.370 | ||
| I | 13 (38.2) | 91 (34.0) | |
| II | 11 (32.4) | 95 (36.6) | |
| IIIa | 2 (5.9) | 17 (6.5) | |
| IIIb | 2 (5.9) | 3 (1.1) | |
| IV | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| POPF grade, n (%) | 0.073 | ||
| A | 15 (44.1) | 67 (25.6) | |
| B | 10 (29.4) | 85 (32.4) | |
| C | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Chyle leakage, n (%) | 1 (2.9) | 15 (5.7) | 0.926 |
| Delayed gastric emptying, n (%) | < 0.05 | ||
| A | 9 (26.5) | 38 (14.5) | |
| B | 1 (2.9) | 2 (0.8) | |
| C | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Postoperative bleeding | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | - |
| Mean postoperative hospital stay (d) | 17 | 11 | 0.783 |
| In-hospital mortality | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | - |
| Readmission within 30 d | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | - |
- Citation: Chen YW, Xu J, Li X, Chen W, Gao SL, Shen Y, Zhang M, Wu J, Que RS, Yu J, Liang TB, Bai XL. Central pancreatectomy for benign or low-grade malignant pancreatic tumors in the neck and body of the pancreas. World J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 14(9): 896-903
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v14/i9/896.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v14.i9.896