Clinical Study

Are Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Still a Surgical Concern? A Western Experience

Table 6

Surgical versus medical treatment.

No surgerySurgeryP

BMI24.225.80.25
ASA2.012.240.16
Diabetes9.40%20.69%0.15
Jaundice13.20%1.70%0.74
Anemia67.90%62.90%0.66
Hyperleukocytosis79.50%71.40%0.42
Hypoalbuminemia97.70%96.30%0.72
Number1.331.310.78
Size7.047.540.56
Walls48.08%32.14%0.16
Gas-forming PLA1.80%21.40%0.006
Pleural effusion22.60%31.03%0.41
Septic shock3.70%24.10%0.008