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Table 3 Complications in patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma after receiving surgical treatment

From: Relevant prognostic factors influencing outcome of patients after surgical resection of distal cholangiocarcinoma

Complications

number of patients (%)

Wound infection

16 (21.3)

Pancreatic fistula grade B

10 (13.3)

Insufficiency of biliodigestive anastomosis

8 (10.7)

Pancreatic fistula grade C

7 (9.3)

Death within 30 postoperative days

5 (6.7)

Renal insufficiency

5 (6.7)

Delayed gastric emptying

5 (6.7)

Erosion haemorrhage

4 (5.3)

Acute confusional state

3 (4.0)

Pleural effusion

3 (4.0)

Pneumonia

2 (2.7)

Cardiovascular events

2 (2.7)

Urinary tract infection

1 (1.3)

Hepatic insufficiency

1 (1.3)

Thrombosis of portal vein

1 (1.3)

Intrabdominal abscess

1 (1.3)

Postoperativ bleeding

1 (1.3)

  1. Table 3: Number (and frequency) of complications in patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma after receiving surgical treatment