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Table 3 Complications

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

 

Without cover

With gastric cover

With omentum majus

Total

 

n=32

n=35

n=7

n=74

No complications

16 (50%)

17 (49%)

6 (86%)

39

n.s. 2

Complications

16 (50%)

18 (51%)

1

35

n.s. 2

Fistula

7(22%)

4 (11%)

 

11

n.s. 2

  ISGPF A

5

2

  ISGPF B

2

1

  ISGPF C

0

1

Bleeding

4

4

1

9

n.s. 2

Pneumonia

1

7

 

8

n.s. 2

Pancreatitis

0

3

 

3

n.s. 2

Pseudocyst

1

2

 

3

n.s. 2

Splenic infarction

2

  

2

n.s. 2

Abscess

 

1

 

1

n.s. 2

Small bowel fistula

1

  

1

n.s. 2

Perforation of the colon sigmoideum

1

  

1

n.s. 2

  1. The most common complications were pancreatic fistulas in 11 patients (15%), and 9 patients (12%) developed postoperative bleeding. Statistical differences between the groups were not significant using Fisher’s exact test.
  2. ISGPF: Postoperative pancreatic fistula: an international study group (ISGPF) definition.
  3. 2Fisher’s exact test; n.s.: not significant.
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European Journal of Medical Research

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