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