Introduction. Pancreatic cancer has an unfavorable prognosis. Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment, but complications affect approximately 40% of patients, hindering recovery and long-term outcomes. Objective. identify potential risk factors for perioperative complications in patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods. A retrospective study was conducted including 77 patients who underwent surgery for PDAC at a private clinic in Peru between December 2014 and September 2023. Sociodemographic, clinical, and surgical variables were collected. Perioperative complications included postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF), delayed gastric emptying (DGE), and intraoperative bleeding. Patients were categorized according to the presence of complications, and associations were evaluated using adjusted relative risk (aRR). Results. Of the 77 patie...