Association of Preoperative Biliary Drainage with Postoperative Morbidity after Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 2

Postoperative complications between the two groups.

	PBD ()	No-PBD ()	value
Biliary fistula	2 (4.3%)	16 (5.6%)	1.000
Pancreatic fistula	8 (17.0%)	34 (11.8%)	0.317
Peritoneal infection	8 (17.0%)	37 (12.8%)	0.437
Intraperitoneal bleeding	1 (2.1%)	7 (2.4%)	1.000
Digestive tract bleeding	3 (6.4%)	11 (3.8%)	0.416
Pulmonary infection	3 (6.4%)	17 (5.9%)	0.750
Pulmonary embolism	0	2 (0.7%)	1.000
Chylous fistula	0	3 (1.0%)	1.000
Wound infection	7 (14.9%)	25 (8.7%)	0.183
Delayed gastric emptying	3 (6.4%)	27 (9.4%)	0.782
Positive bile culture	6 (12.8%)	17 (5.9%)	0.084
Time to oral intake (days)	6	7	0.127
Reoperation	1 (2.1%)	6 (2.1%)	1.000