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© 2026 American Medical Association.Importance: Total pancreatectomy (TP) is indicated for advanced pancreatic cancer or multifocal tumors. Furthermore, TP may be performed to avoid the risk of pancreatic fistula in selected patients to improve the perioperative risk profile. Objective: To define reference values for TP based on a low-risk cohort treated at expert centers. Design, Setting, and Participants: This multicenter study analyzed outcomes from patients undergoing primary TP for malignant or benign lesions from 25 international expert centers from January 2017 to November 2023. Low-risk patients undergoing TP (LR-TP) were without vascular resections or significant comorbidities. Exposures: TP. Main Outcomes and Measures: Twenty reference values were derived from the 75th or the 25th percentile of the median values of all centers. Outcomes of LR-TP were compared with a cohort of TP with vascular resection, TP due to high-risk pancreatic anastomosis, and the benchmark values for low-risk pancreatoduodenectomy. Results: Of 994 patients, 333 (33.5%; median [IQR] age, 66 [58-72] years; 171 male [51.4%]) qualified as the LR-TP cohort. Reference values included blood loss (≤1000 mL), major complications (≤37%), 3-month postoperative mortality (<6%), and retrieved lymph nodes (≥29). Compared with TP with vascular resections, reference cutoffs were not met for major complications (51% vs LR-TP ≤37%) and 90-day mortality (11% vs LR-TP ≤6%). For TP due to high-risk anastomosis, failure to rescue rate (38% vs ≤6%) and 90-day mortality (11% vs LR-TP ≤6%) were not met. Compared with pancreatoduodenectomy, reference values for postoperative mortality were 3 times higher for LR-TP (≤2% vs ≤6%) and less for resected lymph nodes (≥16 vs ≥29). Conclusions and Relevance: This case-control study provided global reference values for TP, indicating significantly higher postoperative morbidity and mortality compared with pancreatoduodenectomy. Perioperative morbidity of TP was especially increased in patients with vascular resections. These reference values can serve for quality control of pancreatic surgery.
Author(s): Muller PC, Berchtold C, Kuemmerli C, Breuer E, Li Z, Vallorani A, Hansen C, Guidetti C, Eden J, Campbell BA, Wu P, Cecchetto SN, Gudmundsdottir H, Kendrick M, Starlinger PP, Pecorelli N, Guarneri G, Farooqui W, Tschuor C, Burgdorf SK, Muhlhausser J, Gass J-M, Goh BKP, Koh Y-X, Rebelo A, Kleeff J, Seip T, Santibanes M, Todeschini L, Marchegiani G, Belfil N, Lesurtel M, Machado M, Boggi U, Kauffmann E, Cappelle M, Koerkamp BG, Di Benedetto F, Roberts K, Nevler A, Lavu H, Dutkowski P, Nickel F, Hackert T, He J, Falconi M, Truty M, Billeter AT, Muller BP, Halle-Smith J, Valle V, Giulianotti P, Giannone F, Pessaux P, Sanchez-Velazquez P, Thapa PB, Maharjan D, Torres O, Kuzman M, Pandanaboyana S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: JAMA Surgery
Year: 2026
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 12/11/2025
Acceptance date: 02/04/2025
ISSN (print): 2168-6254
ISSN (electronic): 2168-6262
Publisher: American Medical Association
URL: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2025.4941
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.4941
PubMed id: 41222926
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