Comparison of safety, efficacy, and long-term follow-up between “one-step” and “step-up” approaches for infected pancreatic necrosis

Figure 3 The changes of inflammatory indicators and vital signs in “Step-up” approach during the perioperative period. The postoperative level of white blood cell (A, P = 0.0012), neutrophil percentage (B, P = 0.0367), C-reactive protein (C, P = 0.0089), procalcitonin (D, P = 0.0004) and interleukin-6 (E, P = 0.00073) were significantly lower than preoperative; F-H: Meanwhile, the vital signs were also better than preoperative.