Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2019.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2019; 25(47): 6847-6856
Published online Dec 21, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i47.6847
Table 2 Association of preoperative biliary drainage and bile contamination with immediate outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy, n (%)
Preoperative biliary drainage
P valueBile contamination
P value
Yes (n = 1964)No (n = 2137)Yes (n = 606)No (n = 2130)
Demographics
Age (yr), median6968< 0.000169680.0004
Sex ratio (M:F)1.81:11.34:1< 0.00012.11:11.56:10.0012
Duration of hospital stay (d), median29290.2929310.11
Readmission64 (3.3)84 (3.9)0.2519 (3.1)91 (4.3)0.33
In-hospital death42 (2.1)34 (1.6)0.218 (1.3)46 (2.2)0.19
Operative variables
Estimated blood loss (g), median855643< 0.00018757590.053
Duration of surgery (min), median487461< 0.00014974830.0005
Postoperative complications
Overall complications1084 (55.2)1114 (52.1)0.049356 (58.7)1130 (53.1)0.0014
Infectious complications744 (37.9)714 (33.4)0.003257 (42.4)746 (35.0)0.0003
Severe complications (grade III or more)340 (17.3)316 (14.8)0.036110 (18.2)321 (15.0)0.039
POPF (all)739 (37.6)809 (37.9)0.42246 (40.6)773 (36.3)0.06
Delayed gastric emptying111 (5.7)144 (6.7)0.1840 (6.6)143 (6.7)0.42
Intra-abdominal bleeding67 (3.4)57 (2.7)0.1618 (3.0)61 (2.9)0.78
Details of infectious complication
POPF (ISGPF grade B or C)444 (22.6)438 (20.5)0.13154 (25.4)432 (20.3)0.003
Wound infection320 (16.3)216 (10.3)< 0.000193 (15.3)263 (12.3)0.045
Intra-abdominal abscess289 (14.7)295 (14.0)0.5394 (15.5)293 (13.8)0.23
Cholangitis79 (4.1)95 (4.5)0.4524 (4.0)105 (4.9)0.35
Pneumonia61 (3.1)61 (2.9)0.721 (3.5)66 (3.1)0.62
Liver abscess21 (1.1)24 (1.2)0.839 (1.5)19 (0.9)0.21
Sepsis86 (4.5)86 (4.2)0.6630 (5.0)83 (3.9)0.24
Pseudomembranous enteritis31 (1.6)30 (1.4)0.6813 (2.1)27 (1.3)0.12
Catheter infection91 (4.7)115 (5.5)0.2441 (6.8)98 (4.6)0.029
Fungaemia28 (1.5)28 (1.4)0.88 (1.3)25 (1.2)0.75