Table 1 Patients and disease characteristics
LTGN (n = 21) | LATLSN (n = 32) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 56 (21–84) | 57 (20–79) | 0.63 |
Male, n | 11 | 18 | 0.78 |
Etiology of pancreatitis, n | 0.08 | ||
Gallstones | 8 | 15 | |
Hypertriglyceridemia | 4 | 7 | |
Alcohol abuse | 3 | 4 | |
Idiopathic and others | 6 | 6 | |
Organ dysfunction, n | 0.84 | ||
Renal | 4 | 7 | |
Lung | 3 | 6 | |
Cardiovascular | 3 | 3 | |
Multiple | 2 | 3 | |
ASA scores, n | 0.96 | ||
III | 11 | 17 | |
IV | 10 | 15 | |
Charlson index of comorbidities | 2 (0–7) | 2 (0–8) | 0.87 |
APACHE II socre, n | 0.79 | ||
0–8 | 3 | 3 | |
8–16 | 14 | 24 | |
> 16 | 4 | 5 | |
CT severe index, n | 0.92 | ||
0–6 | 5 | 8 | |
7–10 | 16 | 24 | |
Pancreatic necrosis, n | 0.70 | ||
< 30% | 2 | 2 | |
30–50% | 6 | 6 | |
> 50% | 13 | 23 | |
Inflammatory markers on operation time | |||
White cell count (× 109/L) | 12.3 (2.9–32.6) | 13.2 (4.8–27.5) | 0.62 |
C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 156 (17.9–348) | 148 (6.97–412) | 0.30 |
Procalcitonin (ng/ml) | 1.02 (0.07–100) | 0.95 (0.09–74.8) | 0.28 |
Maximum length of necrotic collection (cm) | 9.3 (5.0–18.2) | 8.6 (6.1–15.5) | 0.39 |
Infected necrosis, n | 19 | 29 | 1.00 |
Tertiary referral, n | 16 | 25 | 0.87 |
Time to intervention from onset of pancreatitis (days) | 37 (25–119) | 35 (29–372) | 0.69 |
Site of thrombus, n | 0.59 | ||
Splenic vein | 14 | 19 | |
Portal-splenic vein | 7 | 13 |