Preoperative Nutrition Support May Reduce the Prevalence of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Patients with High Nutritional Risk Determined by NRS2002

Table 5

CR-POPF and outcome comparison between preoperative nutrition support and no support groups in all patients at risk () and low risk ().

Variable	Preoperative nutrition support group	No support group
Patients at risk ()
CR-POPF, (%)	18 (20.0)	51 (21.9)	0.710
Postoperative LOS, mean (SD) (day)	26.9 (14.0)	25.8 (18.1)	0.592
30-day readmission rate, (%)	2 (2.2)	2 (0.9)	0.310
Perioperative mortality, (%)	1 (1.1)	7 (3.0)	0.560
Total hospital costs, mean (SD) (USD)	21886.0 (12396.0)	21677.3 (12107.3)	0.904
Patients at low risk ()
CR-POPF, (%)	13 (26.5)	24 (17.3)	0.161
Postoperative LOS, mean (SD) (day)	26.9 (13.7)	25.7 (16.8)	0.634
30-day readmission rate, (%)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.4)	0.546
Perioperative mortality, (%)	0 (0.0)	4 (2.9)	0.118
Total hospital costs, mean (SD) (USD)	23039.5 (12648.6)	21608.9 (10602.9)	0.485