Is Roux-Y Binding Pancreaticojejunal Anastomosis Feasible for Patients Undergoing Left Pancreatectomy? Results from a Prospective Randomized Trial

Table 1

Patient demographics and postoperative complications in the groups (FBPJ: randomized binding pancreaticojejunal group, hand-sewn rand.: randomized hand-sewn group, and hand-sewn all: all patients with hand-sewn anastomosis).

	FBPJ		Hand-sewn rand.		Hand-sewn all
𝑛	5		8		41
Age (median and range)	67	(55–74)	60	(26–80)	66	(26–85)
Gender M/F	1/4		2/6		15/26
BMI (mean)	28.2		27.2		26
Smoking	1	(20%)	0		7	(17%)
Alcohol abuse (audit > 6)	0		1	(12.5%)	5	(12.1%)
Diabetes	0		2	(25%)	5	(12.1%)
Cardiac disease	0		1	(12.5%)	3	(7.3%)
Hypertension	2	(40%)	2	(25%)	20	(48.7)
Wound infection	0		0		4	(9.7%)
PPH	0		0		0
Abscess	3	(60%)	0		9	(21.9)
Pancreatitis (CT verified)	0		1	(12.5%)	2	(4.9%)
Trypsinogen strip test positive	1	(20%)	1	(12.5%)	10	(24.3%)
Length of stay (days)	10	(7–15)	7	(6–9)	7	(6–32)
Readmission	1	(20%)	1	(12.5%)	4	10%
Operative time (mins, median, and range)	170	(136–300)	162	(115–200)	170	(90–305)
Blood loss (mL, median, and range)	750	(300–2350)	750	(300–1300)	750	(100–3600)
Mortality	0		0		0