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SUBMITTER: Izumo W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6935390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Izumo Wataru W Higuchi Ryota R Yazawa Takehisa T Uemura Shuichiro S Shiihara Masahiro M Yamamoto Masakazu M
Langenbeck's archives of surgery 20191024 8
<h4>Purpose</h4>To investigate the risk factors for post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH).<h4>Methods</h4>The incidence, outcome, and risk factors for PPH were evaluated in 1169 patients who underwent pancreatectomy.<h4>Results</h4>The incidence and mortality rates of PPH were 3% and 11% in all pancreatectomies, 4% and 11% in pancreatoduodenectomy, 1% and 20% in distal pancreatectomy, and 3% and 0% in total pancreatectomy, respectively. Male sex [odds ratio (OR) 2.32], body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 ...[more]