Is the covering of the resection margin after distal pancreatectomy advantageous?

Table 1 Demographic and perioperative data

	Without cover	With gastric cover	With omentum majus
	n=32	N=35	n=7
Age (years)	54 (30–80)	53 (25–82)	51 (29–88)	n.s. ¹
Gender				n.s. ²
Female	18	21	6
Male	14	14	1
Laparoscopic	10, 2 conv.	2	0
Hospital stay (days, median, range 6–60)	13 (6–60)	17 (8–60)	15 (10–24)	n.s. ¹

Demographic and perioperative data of 74 patients with and without covering. Results were not significantly different using Mann–Whitney and Fisher’s exact test.
¹Mann-Whitney U test, ²Fisher’s exact test; conv: conversion to open resection.
n.s.: not significant.

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