Surgical Intervention After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Incidence, Indications, Risk Factors and Outcome

This is a retrospective cohort study of all patients who underwent PD for periampullary tumors in Gastrointestinal Surgical Center (GISC), Mansoura University, Egypt in the period between 2000 and 2018.The exclusion criteria included any patients with locally advanced periampullary tumor, metastases, patients with advanced liver cirrhosis (Child B or C), malnutrition, or coagulopathy.

Patient data were recorded in a prospectively maintained database. Preoperative variables included; age, sex, body mass index, patients' symptoms and signs, laboratory tests, tumor markers and preoperative biliary drainage. Intraoperative variables included; liver status, tumor size, pancreatic duct diameter, texture of the pancreas, operative time, blood loss, pancreatic reconstruction method and blood transfusion. Postoperative variables included postoperative complications, drain amylase, liver function, day to resume oral feeding, postoperative stay, re-exploration, hospital mortality, postoperative pathology, and surgical safety margins.

Data regarding reoperation included incidence, male to female ratio, hospital stay, interval to reoperation, number of explorations, indication of reoperation and surgical management, and postoperative outcome in terms of morbidity and hospital stay. Follow-up was carried out one week postoperatively, 3 months, 6 months and then after one year. The minimum duration of follow up was 2 years. Follow up was done by thorough history taking, clinical examination and abdominal CT in case of suspicious lesions on pelvi-abdominal ultrasound.