Research Article
The Use of Bovine Pericardial Buttress on Linear Stapler Fails to Reduce Pancreatic Fistula Incidence in a Porcine Pancreatic Transection Model
Table 2
Comparison of control and buttressed animals.
| Pig | Experimental group | Drain volume (cc) | Fluid lipase (U/L) | Serum lipase (U/L) | Staple line grossly intact | Fistula at end point? | POD 5 | POD 14 | POD 5 | POD 14 | POD 5 | POD14 |
| 3 | control | 35 | 6 | >10000 | 213 | 11 | <10 | yes | yes | 4 | control | 18 | <1 | 4831 | 1584 | 83 | <10 | no | yes | 5 | control | 5 | <1 | 1536 | 14 | 19 | <10 | yes | no | 7 | control | 96 | 3 | >10000 | 20 | 196 | 18 | yes | no | 10 | control | 20 | 2 | >10000 | 318 | 48 | 10 | no | yes | 12 | control | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3210 | 11 | yes | no | | Mean | 29 | 3 | 6063 | 360 | 595 | 12 | 4/6 intact | 3/6 fistula |
| 1 | buttressed | 160 | 6 | 2673 | 799 | 24 | <10 | yes | yes | 2 | buttressed | 4 | 29 | 199 | 10 | <10 | <10 | yes | no | 6 | buttressed | 150 | 9 | >10000 | 1308 | 1369 | 46 | no | yes | 8 | buttressed | 10 | 10 | 3222 | 3401 | 13 | 32 | yes | yes | 9 | buttressed | 6 | <1 | 1459 | <10 | 14 | <10 | yes | no | 11 | buttressed | 2 | 2 | 1441 | 16 | 11 | 10 | yes | no | | Mean | 55 | 10 | 3166 | 924 | 240 | 20 | 5/6 intact | 3/6 fistula |
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