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Table 2 Perioperative Outcomes: Emergent vs. Elective Pancreatectomy

From: Emergent pancreatectomy for neoplastic disease: outcomes analysis of 534 ACS-NSQIP patients

Perioperative Outcome

All Emergent Pancreatectomies (n = 534)

All Elective Pancreatectomies (n = 20,918)

p

OR Time min, median

334

322

0.43

Blood Transfusion, no. (%)

149 (47.6)

3189 (23.4)

< 0.001

Any Complication, no. (%)

286 (53.6)

6843 (32.7)

< 0.001

Major Complication, no. (%)

246 (46.1)

5349 (25.6)

< 0.001

Unplanned intubation, no. (%)

48 (9.0)

864 (4.1)

< 0.001

Pulmonary embolism, no. (%)

5 (0.9)

260 (1.2)

0.53

Pneumonia, no. (%)

51 (9.6)

870 (4.2)

< 0.001

SSI, no. (%)

41 (7.7)

1702 (8.1)

0.70

Organ-space infection, no. (%)

78 (14.6)

2187 (10.5)

0.002

Urinary tract infection, no. (%)

47 (8.8)

970 (4.6)

< 0.001

Return to OR, no. (%)

75 (14.0)

1161 (5.6)

< 0.001

LOS days, (median)

14

8

< 0.001

Discharge to home, no. (%)a

162 (68.9)

9686 (86.1)

< 0.001

30-day Mortality, no. (%)

50 (9.4)

557 (2.7)

< 0.001

  1. avariable added in 2011, no. (%) of available patient data
  2. Abbreviations: SSI surgical site infection, LOS length of stay