Double-catheter lavage combined with percutaneous flexible endoscopic debridement for infected pancreatic necrosis failed to percutaneous catheter drainage

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Item	PCD + open necrosectomy (n = 12)	PCD+ percutaneous debridement (n = 15)	P value
Age, median (IQR), year	47 (36–57)	54 (48–59)	0.23
Male (%)	11 (92%)	10 (67%)	0.18
Pathogenesis (%)			0.03
Biliary	4 (33%)	11 (73%)
Hypertriglyceridemia	5 (42%)	4 (27%)
Other^a	3 (25%)	0
BMI, median (IQR)	24 (22–25)	24 (23–27)	0.50
Severity
APACHE score, median (IQR)	11 (10–12)	9 (7–12)	0.18
CRP, median (IQR), mg/L	217 (156–294)	182 (143–293)	0.67
CTSI score, median (IQR)	10 (8–10)	10 (8–10)	0.73
Ranson score	2 (2–3)	3 (1–3)	0.72
Necrotic lesions			0.22
Pancreatic head, body, and tail	8 (66%)	7 (47%)
Pancreatic body and tail	2 (17%)	7 (47%)
Pancreatic head	2 (17%)	1 (6%)

PCD percutaneous catheter drainage, BMI body mass index, IQR inter-quartile range, CRP C-reactive protein, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CTSI Balthazar CT severity index
^aIncluding alcoholic and idiopathic

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