From: Continuous or interrupted suture technique for hepaticojejunostomy? A national survey
Interrupted suture technique | Continuous suture technique | Interrupted + continuous suture technique | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Interrupted technique | Continuous technique | |||||
Duration | Number | 24 | 7 | 43 | 43 | 0,002 |
- < 10 min | 1 (4%) | 5 (71%) | 6 (14%) | 11 (26%) | ||
- 10-20 min | 19 (79%) | 2 (29%) | 20 (47%) | 25 (58%) | ||
- 20-30 min | 4 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (30%) | 6 (14%) | ||
- > 30 min | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (9%) | 1 (2%) | ||
Morbidity | Number | 23* | 7 | 41* | 41* | 0,695 |
- < 3% | 7 (30%) | 4 (57%) | 9 (22%) | 10 (24%) | ||
- 3-5% | 11 (48%) | 1 (14%) | 17 (41%) | 16 (39%) | ||
- 5-10% | 5 (22%) | 2 (29%) | 9 (22%) | 11 (27%) | ||
- 10-15% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (7%) | 2 (5%) | ||
- 15-20% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (7%) | 2 (5%) | ||
- > 20% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Leakage rate | Number | 23* | 7 | 42* | 42* | 0,258 |
- < 3% | 13 (57%) | 5 (71%) | 14 (33%) | 15 (36%) | ||
- 3-5% | 10 (44%) | 2 (29%) | 19 (45%) | 20 (48%) | ||
- 5-10% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (17%) | 6 (14%) | ||
- 10-15% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (2%) |