| Length of intensive therapy unit stay | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Intervention: Median (days) | Intervention: Number of participants | Control: Median (days) | Control: Number of participants | Difference in median (days) | Statistical significance/ standard deviation |
| Peritoneal lavage vs. open necrosectomy | ||||||
| Kivilaakso 1984 | 20.7 (mean) | 17 | 12.3 (mean) | 18 | 8.4 | Statistically significant Standard deviation: not stated |
| Schroder 1991 | 16.2 (not clear whether this was mean or median) | 10 | 25.9 (not clear whether this was mean or median) | 11 | ‐9.7 | Statistical significance not reported nor could be calculated Standard deviation: not stated |
| Minimally invasive step‐up approach vs. open necrosectomy | ||||||
| Van Santvoort 2010b | 9 | 43 | 11 | 45 | ‐2 | 0.26 Standard deviation: not stated |
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