Impact of perioperative blood transfusion on oncological outcomes in ampullary carcinoma patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 2 The postoperative complications of the ampullary carcinoma patients in the perioperative blood transfusion group and no perioperative blood transfusion group

Characteristic	No PBT		PBT		P value
	n = 113	100%	n = 144	100%
Postoperative complications					0.699
No	71	62.8%	86	59.7%
Yes	42	37.2%	58	40.3%
Specific complications
PPH	10	8.8%	13	9.0%	0.960
POPF	16	14.2%	22	15.3%	0.802
DGE	11	9.7%	13	9.0%	0.847
Intra-abdominal infection	15	13.3%	14	9.7%	0.372

PBT: Perioperative blood transfusion; POPF: Postoperative pancreatic fistula; PPH: Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage; DGE: Delayed gastric emptying.