Risk Factors for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Following Non-traumatic Pancreatic Surgery. Retrospective Observational Study.
- Conditions
- Pancreas Neoplasm
- Registration Number
- NCT05711433
- Lead Sponsor
- Zagazig University
- Brief Summary
Postoperative pancreatic fistula is a potentially fatal sequela with substantial morbidity and mortality. A retrospective observational study was conducted in the surgical unit of Zagazig university hospital . Three hundred forty-seven patients were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of pancreatic fistula following both open and laparoscopic approaches for pancreatic benign and malignant tumors.
- Detailed Description
Postoperative pancreatic fistula is a potentially fatal sequela with substantial morbidity and mortality. POPF incidence and risk factors vary.
A retrospective observational study was conducted in the surgical unit of Zagazig university hospital . Three hundred forty-seven patients were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of pancreatic fistula following both open and laparoscopic approaches for pancreatic benign and malignant tumors.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 347
- > 18 years,
- both sexes,
- respectablee pancreaticoduodenal tumors, or chronic pancreatitis
- <18 years,
- Patients who underwent total pancreatectomies,
- Patients discovered intraoperatively to be fixed to portal vein or superior mesenteric artery, traumatic pancreatic surgeries, postoperative associated gastric or biliary leak, pancreaticoduodenal cancers infiltrating the colon, stomach or liver.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula 3.5 years an amylase level in the fluid collected from the drain on the third postoperative day (POD) that was \> three times the serum amylase level
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method