Novel and supplementary management of pancreatic fluid collections: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage

Table 1 Epidemiology characteristics of patients with pancreatic fluid collection

	Endoscopic group, n = 14	Surgical group, n = 22	P value
Age (yr)	56.3	58.7	0.102
Gender (male, %)	6 (43)	9 (41)	0.143
Etiology			0.223
Acute pancreatitis	5 (36)	18
Post-op. pancreatic leakage	9 (64)	4
Type of PFC			0.138
APFC	7	3
ANC	2	3
Pseudocyst	3	9
WON	2	7
ASA grade			/
I-II	14	21
III-V	0	1
Occurrence time			0.557
Early (within 14 d)	9	14
Late (after 14 d)	5	8

PFC: Pancreatic fluid collection; APFC: Acute peripancreatic fluid collection; ANC: Acute necrotic collection; WON: Walled-off necrosis.

Table 2 Comparison of pancreatic fluid collections between endoscopic and surgical group

	Endoscopic group, n = 14	Surgical group, n = 22	P value
Location			0.127
Head of pancreas	2	8
Distal pancreas	12	12
Peripancreatic (diffuse)	0	2
Long axis (cm)	4.32 ± 1.13	5.17 ± 3.18	0.098
Infection			0.081
+	10	14
-	4	8
Duration for procedure (min)	94.4 ± 23.5	127.2 ± 61.9	0.038
Hospital stay (d)	7.4 ± 2.8	12.5 ± 8.1	0.019
Cost (RMB)	24311.48 ± 3211.76	48119.93 ± 6723.25	0.003

Table 3 Drainage pathway of patients in endoscopic group

No.	Type	Simple suction	Nasogastric tube	Double pig-tail tube	Metal stent
1	APFC	O
2	APFC	OO1,2
3	APFC	O1,3
4	Pseudocyst		O
5	Acute necrosis		O	O
6	Acute necrosis		O	O
7	APFC	O
8	Pseudocyst				O4
9	APFC	O
10	WON		O		O3,4
11	Pseudocyst			O
12	APFC	O1,2
13	APFC	O
14	WON				O

¹Recurrence;

²Re-interventions;

³Treatment failure;

⁴Complication. APFC: Acute peripancreatic fluid collection; WON: Walled-off necrosis.

Table 4 Comparison of procedure efficiency between endoscopic and surgical group

	Endoscopic group, n = 14	Surgical group, n = 22	P value
Treatment success	12	21	0.858
Treatment failure	2	1	0.041
Recurrence	3	0	0.035
Re-interventions	2	0	0.017
Complications	2	0	0.051
Bleeding	1	1
Secondary infection	1	0