Authors | Study design | Variable | Sample size n (%) | PF rate (%) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lillemoe et al. [1] | Retrospective | Pancreato-jejunostomy | 10 (4%) | NAa | NA |
Hand-sewn closure | 204 (87%) | NA | |||
Stapled | 11 (5%) | NA | |||
Both | 10 (4%) | NA | |||
Kleeff et al. [11] | Retrospective | Pancreatico-jejunostomy | 24 (8%) | 0 | 0.03 |
Hand-sewn closure | 97 (32.1%) | 9.3 | |||
Stapled | 145 (48%) | 15.9 | |||
Serosal patches | 36 (11.9%) | 8.3 | |||
Adam et al. [12] | Retrospective | Pancreatico-jejunostomy | 27 (65.8%) | 7 | NS |
Hand-sewn closure | 14 (34.2%) | 29 | |||
Wagner et al. [14] | Retrospective | Pancreato-jejunostomy | 23 (53.5%) | 0 | 0.04 |
 |  | Hand-sewn closure | 20 (46.5%) | 20 |  |