The impact of race/ethnicity on pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes for pancreatic cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the impact of race/ethnicity on surgical outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer.

Methods

A retrospective review of patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database from 2014 to 2019. Patient and tumor characteristics and 30-day postoperative outcomes were compared. Multivariable logistic and linear regression models were conducted to investigate the relationship between race/ethnicity and surgical outcomes.

Results

Six thousand five hundred and sixty-two patients were included (84.5% White, 7.9% Black, 3% Hispanic, 4.6% Asian). Larger proportions of Blacks had preoperative American Society of Anesthesiologists class 3 or 4. There were no

SUBMITTER: Alwatari Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature