Continuous suture of the pancreatic stump and Braun enteroenterostomy in pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 4 Postoperative complications and hospital stay

Variable	Technique A group(n = 98)	Technique B group(n = 105)	t/χ2	P value
Perioperative mortality	1	1	0.002	0.961
Re-operation	1	0	1.077	0.299
Overall complications	37	59	6.911	0.009
Breakdown of pancreatojejunostomy	0	0	NA	NA
Clinically relevant POPF	7	24	9.674	0.002a
DGE (Grade B and C)	1	14	11.23	0.001a
Bile Leakage	3	7	1.407	0.236
Intra-abdominal fluid collection or infection	20	22	0.009	0.924
Upper GI bleeding	4	5	0.055	0.814
Intra-abdominal bleeding	3	2	0.282	0.595
Wound infection	9	8	0.022	0.882
Pneumonia or pleural effusion	12	9	0.395	0.530
Urinary tract infection	2	3	0.006	0.937
Hospital stay (d)	18.45 ± 9.48	19.86 ± 10.04	1.0271	0.306

^aP < 0.05, technique A group vs technique B group. NA: Not Applied; POPF: Postoperative pancreatic fistula; DGE: Delayed gastric emptying.