Pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A comparison between the two pancreaticojejunostomy methods for approximating the pancreatic parenchyma to the jejunal seromuscular layer: Interrupted vs continuous stitches

Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics between the interrupted suture group and the continuous suture group n (%)

	Interrupted suturegroup (n = 133)	Continuous suturegroup (n = 170)	P value
Age (yr)	58.2 ± 12.4	60.4 ± 10.9	0.072
Male:Female	1.8:1	1.5:1	0.484
Pancreas texture			0.893
Hard	35 (26)	52 (31)
Firm	86 (65)	76 (45)
Soft	12 (9)	42 (24)
Use of prophylactic octreotide	83 (62)	122 (72)	0.072
Jaundice	59 (44)	69 (41)	0.643
Diabetes mellitus	21 (16)	33 (19)	0.544
Diagnosis			0.433
Ampulla of vater cancer	35 (26)	45 (26)
Common bile duct cancer	38 (29)	46 (27)
Pancreatic cancer	34 (25)	57 (34)
Duodenal cancer	6 (5)	6 (4)
Etc.	20 (15)	16 (9)

Etc.: Ampulla of Vater adenoma, choledochal cyst, chronic pancreatitis, duodenal GIST, gallbladder cancer, intraductal papillary mucinous tumor, islet cell tumor of pancreas, peripancreatic neurilemmoma, pseudocyst, serous cystic adenoma.