Whipple’s pancreaticoduodenectomy at a resource-poor, low-volume center in Trinidad and Tobago

Table 3 Complications after Whipple’s procedures in a low volume caribbean centre

Morbidity	Description	No	%
Overall	Number of patients with any complication	16	22.2
Minor	Clavien-Dindo I or II	6	8.3
	Pneumonia	2
	Deep vein thrombosis	1
	Delayed gastric emptying	1
	Gastrointestinal bleeding	2
Major	Clavien-Dindo III or IV	10	13.9
	Anastomotic dehiscence	1
	Massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding	1
	Myocardial infarction	3
	Pseudoaneurysm	2
	Biliary sepsis as a source of septicemia	2
	Post-operative pancreatic fistula/intra-abdominal collection	1
Mortality	30-d mortality: All causes: (1) Massive bleeding from a pseudoaneurysm; (2) Generalized sepsis secondary to cholangitis; (3) Jejuno-jejunal anastomotic leak leading to multiple organ failure; and (4) Myocardial infarction	4	5.6