Research Article

The Preoperative CT-Scan Can Help to Predict Postoperative Complications after Pancreatoduodenectomy

Table 1

Patients cohort characteristics for POPF and nonsevere versus severe complications.

FactorAllPOPF valuePostoperative complications value
( = 110)
(100%)
No ( = 90)
(82%)
Yes ( = 20)
(18%)
No or nonsevere
( = 74)
(67%)
Severe
( = 36)
(33%)

Age, years, mean (STD)66 (9.29)66 (9.15)65 (10.1)0.73365 (9.3)68 (9.1)0.148
Gender, (%)0.8530.915
 Male68 (61.8)56 (62.3)12 (60)46 (62.2)22 (61.1)
 Female42 (38.2)34 (37.8)8 (40)28 (37.8)14 (38.9)
BMI (kg/m2),   (%)25 (3.65)24.8 (3.65)26.2 (3.48)0.13124.4 (3.44)26.8 (3.49)<
ASA, (%)0.4020.076
 I5 (4.5)4 (4.4)1 (5)4 (5.4)1 (2.8)
 II100 (90.9)83 (92.2)17 (85)69 (93.2)31 (86.1)
 III5 (4.5)3 (3.3)2 (10)1 (1.4)4 (11.1)
Charlson, (%)0.8760.204
 055 (50)46 (51.1)9 (45)38 (51.4)17 (47.2)
 131 (28.2)25 (27.8)6 (30)23 (31.1)8 (22.2)
 ≥224 (21.8)19 (21.1)5 (25)13 (17.6)11 (30.6)
Procedure, (%)0.6390.169
 PD39 (35.5)31 (34.4)8 (40)23 (31.1)16 (44.4)
 PPPD71 (64.5)59 (65.6)12 (60)51 (68.9)20 (55.6)
Diagnosis, (%)0.1960.972
 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma52 (47.3)46 (51.1)6 (30.0)36 (48.6)16 (44.4)
 Periampullary carcinoma39 (35.5)30 (33.3)9 (45)25 (33.8)14 (38.9)
 Neuroendocrine tumour4 (3.6)4 (4.4)0 (0)3 (4.1)1 (2.8)
 Benign diseases or tumour11 (10.0)7 (7.8)4 (20)7 (9.5)4 (11.1)
 Other4 (3.6)3 (3.3)1 (5)3 (4.1)1 (2.8)
Radically, (%)0.240.641
 R033 (30)31 (34.4)2 (10)26 (35.2)8 (22.2)
 R155 (50)44 (48.9)11 (55)35 (47.3)19 (52.8)
 R211 (10)8 (8.9)3 (15)6 (8.1)5 (13.9)
 n/a11 (10)7 (7.8)4 (20)7 (9.5)4 (11.1)
Surgical duration, min, median (IQR)156 (140–179)155 (140–179)159 (145–174)0.975158 (142–179)153 (138–177)0.381
Blood loss, mL, median (IQR)500 (300–763)500 (300–700)300 (550–975)0.369500 (300–663)600 (400–975)0.057
Length of stay, days, median (IQR)12 (9–18)11 (8–17)17 (23–38)<0.00110.5 (8–14)22 (14.5–34.5)<0.001
Readmission, (%)27 (24.5)23 (25.6)4 (20)0.60214 (18.9)13 (36.1)0.049
Mortality, (%)7 (6.4)5 (5.6)2 (10)0.6090 (0)7 (19.4)<0.001

BMI: body mass index, ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologist, PD: pancreaticoduodenectomy, PPPD: pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, STD: standard deviation, and IQR: interquartile range. and bold are and are included in the multivariate analysis.