Research Article

Risk Factors and Treatment for Hemorrhage after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Series of 423 Patients

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of risk factors of late PPH.

VariablesOR95% CI
UpperLower

Preoperative pancreatic leakage0.0054.6961.60513.740
Postoperative bile leakage0.0096.0961.57523.598
Postoperative abdominal infection0.0364.6051.10819.144
Vascular reconstruction0.0079.9431.90052.042
Past history of abdominal surgery<0.0018.7902.77927.806
Preoperative albumin level0.0025.5631.84516.776

PPH: postpancreatectomy hemorrhage; OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.