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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2015; 21(6): 1872-1879
Published online Feb 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1872
Published online Feb 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1872
Table 3 Postoperative outcomes
| AIT group(n = 46) | Non-AIT group(n = 65) | P value | |
| Hospital mortality | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Morbidity | 20 | 34 | 0.36 |
| Pancreatic fistula | 9 | 20 | 0.19 |
| Grade A | 6 | 5 | 0.54 |
| Grade B | 2 | 8 | 0.02 |
| Grade C | 1 | 7 | |
| Delayed gastric emptying | 5 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Hemorrhage | 3 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Bile fistula | 3 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Intraabdominal collection | 4 | 10 | 0.30 |
| Intraabdominal infection | 3 | 12 | 0.07 |
| Wound infection | 3 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 0.87 |
| Urinary tract infection | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 1 | 0 | 0.86 |
| Heart failure | 0 | 2 | 0.63 |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 0 | 0.86 |
| Hospital stay | 31.2 ± 11.3 | 36.0 ± 14.6 | 0.07 |
- Citation: Yang H, Lu XF, Xu YF, Liu HD, Guo S, Liu Y, Chen YX. Application of air insufflation to prevent clinical pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(6): 1872-1879
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i6/1872.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1872