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Table 2 Comparison of primary outcome, duration of operatively-placed drains, by surgery type and presence of POPF

From: Standardization of early drain removal following pancreatic resection: proposal of the “Ottawa pancreatic drain algorithm”

 

Pre-intervention (median, days)

Post-intervention (median, days)

p value

Distal pancreatectomy (DP)

 without POPF

6

4

0.06

 with POPF

14

33

0.66

Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD)

 without POPF

6

5

0.04

 with POPF

24

25.5

0.73

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Patient Safety in Surgery

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