Research Article
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Volume is not Associated with Outcome within an Academic Health Care System
Table 3
Complications in patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy at UCSF-affiliated hospitals, 1989–2003.
| | Complications | ML
() | LVHG
() | value† |
| | Complication, no. (%) | 177 (58.8) | 41 (60.3) | .579 | | Complications per patient, mean (SD) | 2.5 (2.6) | 2.5 (1.8) | .221 | | General types of
complications, no. (%) | — | — | — | | Cardiopulmonary | 52 (17.3) | 20 (29.4) | .028 | | Wound | 41 (13.6) | 10 (14.7) | .846 | | Pancreatic leak or fistula | 38 (12.6) | 4 (5.9) | .140 | | Secondary procedures | 23 (7.6) | 8 (11.8) | .330 | | Postoperative hemorrhage | 19 (6.3) | 3 (4.4) | .778 | | Enteric leak, fistula, or stricture | 10 (3.3) | 1 (1.5) | .697 | | Delayed gastric emptying | 14 (4.7) | 4 (5.9) | .754 | | Reoperation | 22 (7.3) | 8 (11.8) | .224 |
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†According to Fisher's exact test for categorical data.
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