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

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with delayed gastric emptying

	DGE, n = 83	No DGE, n = 96	Univariate P value	Multivariate P value
Age	67.3 ± 14.5	68.8 ± 10.8	0.4
Gender (female)	59 (n = 49)	43.8 (n = 42)	0.04	0.03
BMI	26.8 ± 4.8	26.1 ± 5	0.39
RIGL (yes)	9.6 (n = 8)	45.8 (n = 44)	0.001	< 0.001
Chronic pancreatitis	8.4 (n = 7)	10.4 (n = 10)	0.58
Alcohol abuse	3.9 (n = 3)	9 (n = 7)	0.19
Pre-existent DM	38.5 (n = 32)	36.5 (n = 35)	0.77
Jaundice	53.7 (n = 44)	44.8 (n = 43)	0.24
Bilirubin total (mg/dL) (median)	1.1 (0.4-4.5)	0.8 (0.4-5.5)	0.84
Malignancy	78.3 (n = 65)	74 (n = 71)	0.5	0.88
Overall complications	49.4 (n = 41)	32.3 (n = 31)	0.019	0.04
Pancreatic leak	26.5 (n = 22)	31.3 (n = 30)	0.48	0.5
Bile leak	22.9 (n = 19)	16.7 (n = 16)	0.29
Pneumonia	20.5 (n = 17)	9.4 (n = 9)	0.03	0.18
Length of hospital stay (d) (median)	14 (11-22)	10 (8-14)	< 0.001
Postoperative mortality	4.8 (n = 4)	5.2 (n = 5)	0.9

BMI: Body Mass index; DM: Diabetes mellitus; DGE: Delayed gastric emptying; RIGL: Roux en y with isolated gastric limb.