TABLE 2.

Characteristics and Complications of Patients With Infected Versus Sterile Necrosis^*

	Infected (N = 113)	Sterile (N = 45)	P
Males	70 (61.9%)	27 (60.0%)	0.821
Age	59.2 (±14.4)	53.9 (±16.5)	0.065
APACHE II	10.5 (±6.4)	7.9 (±5.6)	0.014
Organ failure	49 (43.4%)	17 (37.8%)	0.521
Preoperative antibiotic therapy	98 (86.7%)	36 (80.0%)	0.288
Days from onset of symptoms to surgery	44 (±44.8)	64.5 (±72.2)	0.082
Postoperative ICU	72 (63.7%)	20 (44.4%)	0.027
Pancreatic fistula	45 (39.8%)	15 (33.3%)	0.448
Enteric fistula	21 (18.6%)	3 (6.7%)	0.84
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage	6 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0.184
Wound infection	24 (21.2%)	2 (4.4%)	0.009
Other major complication	7 (6.2%)	1 (2.2%)	0.442
Postoperative IR drain	34 (30.1%)	14 (31.1%)	0.9
Reoperation early	15 (13.3%)	4 (8.9%)	0.591
Survivors postoperative LOS†	31.5 (±30.9)	25.9 (±20.9)	0.221
Mortality	17 (15.0%)	2 (4.4%)	0.101

^*N=158 Patients for whom intraoperative culture data were available.

^†Survivors N =145.