Risk Factors of Pancreatic Fistula in Distal Pancreatectomy Patients

Table 1

Grade of pancreatic fistula [15].

Grade/type	A (biochemical leak)	B	C
Clinical findings	Well	Often well	Ill appearing/bad
Specific treatment	No	Yes/no	Yes
US/CT scan	Negative	Negative/positive	Positive
Persistent drainage (>3 weeks)	No	Usually yes	Yes
Reoperation	No	No	Yes
Mortality	No	No	Possibly yes
Signs of infection	No	Yes	Yes
Sepsis	No	No	Yes
Reoperation	No	Yes/no	Yes/no

Reproduced from the study of Bassi et al. [15].