Bovine Serum Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Sealed Fish-Mouth Closure of the Pancreatic Remnant during Distal Pancreatectomy

Table 2

Operative data and clinical outcome.

	BioGlue sealed hand sutured fish-mouth closure technique during distal pancreatectomy ()
Mean operation time (minutes; range)	199 (116–282)
Splenectomy	27 (84%)
Additional visceral resection	7 (22%)
Partial/total gastrectomy	4 (13%)
Colon resection	5 (16%)
Partial adrenalectomy	3 (9%)
Pancreas tissue texture
Soft	13 (41%)
Hard	19 (59%)
Postoperative morbidity > Clavien II	5 (16%)
Clinically relevant POPF	3 (9%)
POPF Grade B	3 (9%)
POPF Grade C	0
PPH	1 (3%)
Reoperation	2 (6%)
Median hospital stay (days; range)	12 (7–73)
Mortality	0