Risk Factors for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Following Non-traumatic Pancreatic Surgery. Retrospective Observational Study.

Risk Factors for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Following Non-traumatic Pancreatic Surgery. Retrospective Observational Study.

Postoperative pancreatic fistula is a potentially fatal sequela with substantial morbidity and mortality. A retrospective observational study was conducted in the surgical unit of Zagazig university hospital . Three hundred forty-seven patients were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of pancreatic fistula following both open and laparoscopic approaches for pancreatic benign and malignant tumors.

Postoperative pancreatic fistula is a potentially fatal sequela with substantial morbidity and mortality. POPF incidence and risk factors vary.

A retrospective observational study was conducted in the surgical unit of Zagazig university hospital . Three hundred forty-seven patients were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of pancreatic fistula following both open and laparoscopic approaches for pancreatic benign and malignant tumors.

Inclusion Criteria:

• > 18 years,
• both sexes,
• respectablee pancreaticoduodenal tumors, or chronic pancreatitis

Exclusion Criteria:

• <18 years,
• Patients who underwent total pancreatectomies,
• Patients discovered intraoperatively to be fixed to portal vein or superior mesenteric artery, traumatic pancreatic surgeries, postoperative associated gastric or biliary leak, pancreaticoduodenal cancers infiltrating the colon, stomach or liver.