Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency after pancreatic resection: a systematic review

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Table 3 Reported incidence of PEI according to the to the test used and the surgical procedure performed

Test used	Surgical procedure performed	N	Reported incidence of PEI
FE-1 test [23,24,25, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36, 38, 41, 42, 44, 46,47,48,49]		19	47–100%
	PD [23, 24, 29,30,31, 34, 35, 38, 42, 44, 49]	11	47–100%
	DP [47]	1	59%
	PD and DP [25, 32, 33, 36, 41, 46, 48]	7	65–100%
13 C breath test [22, 26,27,28, 35,36,37, 39, 42, 43, 50]		11	47–82%
	PD [22, 27, 28, 35, 37, 42, 49]	7	47–82%
	PD and DP [26, 36, 39, 50]	4	54–69%
Other tests [23, 25, 32, 40, 45, 51]		6	26–100%
	PD [23, 40, 45]	3	36–86%
	PD and DP [25, 32, 51]	3	26–100%

FE-1: Faecal elastase 1; 13 C: 13 C-labelled mixed triglyceride breath test. PD: pancreatoduodenectomy; DP: distal pancreatectomy

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