Incision and drainage vs minimally invasive catheter drainage on pain and anal function in high perianal abscess patients

Table 3 Comparison of inflammatory cytokine levels between two groups (pg/mL), mean ± SD

Parameter	ID group (n = 122)	MICD group (n = 104)	t value	P value
IL-4
Preoperative	47.32 ± 4.18	47.41 ± 4.22	0.159	0.874
Postoperative 7 days	33.18 ± 3.24	32.05 ± 2.94	2.737	0.007
IL-6
Preoperative	249.67 ± 37.51	250.14 ± 37.49	0.095	0.925
Postoperative 7 days	105.32 ± 14.67	100.98 ± 8.53	2.761	0.006
IL-10
Preoperative	21.85 ± 6.32	21.96 ± 6.41	0.122	0.903
Postoperative 7 days	35.46 ± 9.35	39.73 ± 11.64	3.010	0.003
TNF-α
Preoperative	3.44 ± 1.05	3.42 ± 1.07	0.107	0.915
Postoperative 7 days	1.62 ± 0.34	1.49 ± 0.31	2.822	0.005

ID: Incision and drainage with selective seton placement; MICD: Minimally invasive catheter drainage; IL-4: Interleukin-4; IL-6: Interleukin-6; IL-10: Interleukin-10; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha.