Clinical Study
Bovine Serum Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Sealed Fish-Mouth Closure of the Pancreatic Remnant during Distal Pancreatectomy
Table 1
Demographics and preoperative characteristics.
| | BioGlue sealed hand sutured fish-mouth closure technique during distal pancreatectomy |
| Number of patients | 32 | Median age (years; range) | 62 (32–77) | Gender (male : female) | 15 (47%) : 17 (53%) | Indication | | Pancreatic adenocarcinoma | 11 (34%) | IPMN | 7 (22%) | Chronic pancreatitis | 3 (9%) | NET | 2 (6%) | MCN | 3 (9%) | Cyst adenoma | 4 (13%) | Others | 2 (6%) | Preoperative ERCP with EPT and pancreatic stent placement | 2 (6%) |
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