The association between bacterobilia and the risk of postoperative complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy

Autor: Allison Mah, Jennifer Li, Sameer Desai, Maja Segedi, Stephen W Chung, Marina L Parapini, Charles H. Scudamore, Elizaveta Vasilyeva, James R. A. Skipworth, Peter T Kim
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association. 24(2)
ISSN: 1477-2574
Popis: Background Pre-operative biliary bacterial colonisation (bacterobilia) is considered a risk factor for infectious complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). This study aimed to investigate the role of the PD biliary microbiome grown in the development of post-PD complications. Methods In a retrospective study of 162 consecutive patients undergoing PD (2008–2018), intra-operative bile cultures were analyzed and sensitivities compared to pre-anesthetic antibiotics and thirty-day post-surgery complications. Results Bacterobilia was present in 136 patients (84%). Most bile cultures grew bacteria resistant to pre-operative antibiotics (n = 112, 82%). Patients with bacterobilia had significantly higher rates of major complication than patients without (P = 0.017), as well as higher rates of surgical-site infections (SSI) (P = 0.010). Patients with negative bile cultures (n = 26) had significantly lower rates of major complication and SSI than those growing sensitive (n = 24) or non-sensitive (n = 112) bacteria (major complication P = 0.029 and SSI P = 0.011). Conclusion Positive bile cultures were associated with a higher incidence of major complications and SSI. Patients with sterile bile cultures had the lowest risk of post-operative complications and efforts to reduce rates of bacterobilia, such as limitation of biliary instrumentation, should be considered. Sensitivity to antibiotics had no effect upon the rate of post-operative complications, but this may reflect low cohort numbers.
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