Dual loop (Roux en Y) reconstruction with isolated gastric limb reduces delayed gastric emptying after pancreatico-duodenectomy

Table 1 Comparison of demographic and clinical data between the study and the control group

	RIGL, n = 52	SLR, n = 127	P value
Age	68.2 ± 9.6	68 ± 13.7	0.93
Gender (male)	50 (n = 26)	48.8 (n = 62)	0.89
Risk factors
Smoking	48.7 (n = 19)	35.8 (n = 44)	0.15
Diabetes	32.6 (n = 17)	39.4 (n = 50)	0.4
Chronic pancreatitis	9.6 (n = 5)	9.5 (n = 12)	0.3
Alcohol abuse	8.8 (n = 3)	5.8 (n = 7)	0.5
Clinical presentation
Weight loss	40.4 (n = 21)	55.6 (n = 70)	0.06
Abdominal pain	61.5 (n = 32)	66.7 (n = 84)	0.51
Nausea	23.1 (n = 12)	23 (n = 29)	0.99
Emesis	15.4 (n = 8)	13.5 (n = 17)	0.74
Jaundice	42.3 (n = 22)	51.6 (n = 65)	0.26

RIGL: Roux en y with isolated gastric limb; SLR: Single loop reconstruction.