Abstract:Objective To analyze the risk factors for postoperative bleeding after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and construct a nomogram predictive model for post-PD bleeding.Methods Clinical data of 494 patients who underwent PD at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from January 2017 to January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 376 patients collected from January 2017 to December 2020 were used as the training set, and 118 patients from January 2021 to January 2023 were used as the validation set. Predictive factors were selected through univariate and multivariate analyses, LASSO regression analysis, and logistic regression analysis, followed by the construction of a nomogram predictive model. The discriminative ability, consistency, and clinical utility of the model were evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC), calibration curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA).Results Logistic regression analysis showed that vascular reconstruction, postoperative pancreatic fistula, postoperative bile fistula, intra-abdominal infection, and albumin were independent risk factors for post-PD bleeding (P < 0.05). The constructed nomogram predictive model based on these factors had an AUC of 0.870 (95% CI: 0.820, 0.920) in the training set and an AUC of 0.799 (95% CI: 0.691, 0.907) in the validation set, indicating good diagnostic efficacy. The calibration curves in both the training and validation sets closely approximated the standard curve, indicating good consistency of the model. The DCA curves showed a clear positive net benefit.Conclusion The nomogram predictive model constructed based on vascular reconstruction, postoperative pancreatic fistula, postoperative bile fistula, intra-abdominal infection, and albumin can effectively identify high-risk patients for post-PD bleeding and has good clinical application value.