ArticleSurgery today2021
Significant association between the preoperative erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume and infectious complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Abstract
purposeAn organ/space surgical site infection reportedly develops in 20% of patients who undergo pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). The present study aimed to identify the predictors for developing severe infectious complications after PD.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the records of 115 consecutive patients who underwent PD at Ehime University Hospital between January 2013 and January 2020. Severe infectious complications were defined as Clavien-Dindo classification grade ≥ III postoperative complications related to bacterial or fungal infections, including clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF). The patient characteristics, blood chemistry data, body composition data and operative data were evaluated as potential predictors of severe infectious complications. We also evaluated the erythrocyte indices, such as the mean corpuscular hemoglobin, the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and the mean corpuscular volume (MCV).
resultsAmong 115 patients, 25 (21.7%) developed severe infectious complications, which included 20 (17.4%) cases of CR-POPF. According to multivariate analyses, MCV > 97.4fL, C-reactive protein (CRP) > 1.2 mg/dL and diameter of main pancreatic duct < 5 mm were independent predictors of severe infectious complications (odds ratio, 13.891, 7.356 and 4.676, respectively, 95% confidence interval, 3.457-55.815, 1.868-28.964 and 1.391-15.716, respectively).
conclusionPreoperative high MCV/CRP values and a small main pancreatic duct are predictive factors associated with severe infectious complications after PD.
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