American college of surgeons NSQIP pancreatic surgery publications: A critical appraisal of the quality of methodological reporting

•An overall satisfactory reporting of methodology is present among pancreatic surgery studies using the ACS-NSQIP database.•Discussing missed data, providing supplementary information, and performing subgroup analysis is needed to increase adherence.•Pancreatic surgery articles published in low impact factor journal provided better methodological reporting.•The most commonly studied pancreatic surgery using the NSQIP database was the pancreaticoduodenectomy procedure.