Background: This multicenter study analyzed the relationship between preoperative symptoms and postsurgical outcomes utilizing the German national DGAV StuDoQ|Pancreas database.
Methods: This retrospective study included 2,643 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients undergoing pancreatic head resection from 2013-2017 within the German pancreatic surgery registry (DGAV StuDoQ|Pancreas). The association of preoperative symptoms with overall survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis.