Abstract:Objective To investigate the risk factors of post -pancreatoduodenectomy complications. Methods The clinical data of 350 patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy in the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University between January 2010 and December 2013 were retrospectively studied. The correlations of thirteen clinicopathological factors (age, gender, combined diseases of vital organs, history of abdominal surgery, ALB, TBIL, ALT, CA199, operative time, intraoperative blood transfusion, tumor location,tumor size and diameter of pancreatic duct) with the postoperative complications were studied. Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the related risk factors for postoperative complications. Results Univariate analysis showed that the major risk factors for postoperative complications were age, combined diseases of vital organs, intraoperative blood transfusion, tumor location and pancreatic duct diameter (P <0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that blood transfusion volume, tumor location and pancreatic duct diameter were the independent risk factors for complications after pancreatoduodenectomy; pancreatic duct diameter was the independent risk factor of pancreatic fistula; TBI was the independent risk factor of hemorrhage; age,blood transfusion volume and pancreatic duct diameter were the independent risk factors of postoperative infection (P < 0.05). Conclusions Postoperative complications of pancreatoduodenectomy are closely related to blood transfusion volume, tumor location and pancreatic duct diameter.