We recognized 30 (24.2%) grade A fistulas and 24 (19.3%) grade B fistulas, and 2 (1.7%) patients developed a grade C fistula (Table 1 ... the second patient, the pancreatic remnant was closed ...

no fistula, 54.8% (n = 68); grade A, 24.2% (n = 30); grade B, 19.3% (n = 24); and grade C, 1.7% (n = 2). Therefore, in 21.0% (n = 26) of the cases, a clinically relevant pancreatic fistula occurred.