Quality of life after pancreatic surgery

Table 2 Articles retrieved from literature reporting quality of life after duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection

Ref.	Year	Country	Study design	Relevant patients	Total patients	Moments of assessment	Operation type	Questionnaires
Bachmann et al[33]	2014	Germany	Randomized controlled trail	74	74	16 (14, 18) yr	DPPHR	EORTC QLQ-C30
Tan et al[35]	2016	China	Retrospective, single-center study	80	156	50 months	The Frey and modified Frey	EORTC QLQ-C30
Pothula et al[81]	2014	India	Prospective single-center study	25	25	PRE, 12 months	The Frey	SF-36
Klaiber et al[32]	2016	Germany	Prospective single-center study	40	65	129 (111, 137) months	The Beger and modified Beger	EORTC QLQ-C30; EORTC QLQ-PAN26
Keck et al[29]	2012	Germany	Prospective, randomized controlled trial	85	85	> 5 yr	The Frey and Beger	EORTC QLQ-C30
Fischer et al[30]	2015	United States	Retrospective, single-center study	17	45	40.7 (23.7, 53.7) months	DPPHR	EORTC QLQ-C30
Aimoto et al[82]	2013	Japan	Retrospective, single-center study	16	16	70.8 months for the Frey, 119.8 months for PPPD	The Frey and PPPD	EORTC QLQ-C30

EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; DPPHR: Duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection; PPPD: Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy; PRE: Preoperative quality of life; SF-36: 36-item Short.