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Efficacy of continuous intravenous pumping of insulin for patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess and the effect on inflammatory cytokines

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    • Zhifeng Zhong
    • Huaying Huang
    • Yuejun Han
    • Wuzhen Dong
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  • Published online on: July 12, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7773
  • Pages: 1539-1544
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Abstract

Efficacy of insulin with different administrations for patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess and the effect on serum inflammatory cytokines were investigated. One hundred and sixty-seven patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent radical operation of perianal abscess in Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University from January 2014 to December 2016 were analyzed. Before and after the operation, 89 patients who received continuous intravenous pumping of insulin for blood glucose control were set as an observation group, and 78 patients who received intermittent subcutaneous injection of insulin as a control group. The operative efficacy, wound healing time and 1-week postoperative growth of the granulation tissue were scored and compared. Fasting blood glucose (FBG) and 2 h postprandial blood glucose (2hPBG) before and after treatment were recorded and compared. Fasting venous blood was extracted before and on the 3rd and 7th days after operation to detect and compare serum inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Patients in the observation group had significantly higher total effective rate of the operation than that in the control group (P<0.05), and significantly shorter wound healing time and significantly lower growth score of the granulation tissue (P<0.05). Before treatment, there was no significant difference between the two groups in FBG and 2hPBG (P>0.05). After treatment, FBG and 2hPBG were significantly lower than those before treatment (P<0.050), and FBG and 2hPBG after treatment in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). In conclusion, insulin pumps for injection during the perioperative period of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess can better control the patients' blood glucose, improve the operative efficacy and promote the patients' postoperative healing. Moreover, continuous intravenous pumping of insulin is significantly better than traditional intermittent subcutaneous injection of it in controlling inflammation, so it is worthy of application.

Introduction

Diabetes is a common chronic disease in clinic. Pancreatic dysfunction leads to hypoinsulinism in the body, which increases sugar in blood and urine and eventually results in diabetes and its complications (1,2). As one of the common complications (3), perianal abscess is a surgical disease caused by acute pyogenic infection in the soft tissue and space around the anal canal or the rectum. Generally speaking, operation is the most effective way to treat perianal abscess, but their large wound surface usually causes long postoperative recovery time (4,5). Patients with diabetes who are in a hyperglycemic state for a long time have poorer ability of anti-infection and resistance than normal people, and surgical trauma easily leads to their reduction of insulin secretion. As a result, the patients develop metabolic disorders, which increase the difficulty and risk of a surgical operation and seriously affect the postoperative healing of wound surface, not conducive to the patients' prognosis (6,7).

Therefore, it is imperative to control the blood glucose of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess in order to improve the operative efficacy and reduce the risk of infections. The blood glucose of patients with diabetes is controlled through insulin, which can be orally administered, intravenously pumped or subcutaneously injected. Findings have shown that different administrations of insulin have different efficacy and safety (8). However, the efficacy of the different administrations for patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess has rarely been studied. According to a study on the wound surface healing of perianal abscess, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are representative inflammatory cytokines and they play an important role during wound surface healing (9). Therefore, the efficacy of insulin with different administrations for patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess and its effects on the postoperative healing of wound surface and serum inflammatory cytokines were explored in this study, in order to provide a more appropriate scheme for the treatment of the patients.

Materials and methods

General information

In total, 167 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent radical operation of perianal abscess in Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University (Jinhua, China) from January 2014 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 91 males and 76 females, with an average age of 54.31±4.65 years and an average course of diabetes of 4.31±1.29 years. Before and after the operation, 89 patients who received continuous intravenous pumping of insulin for blood glucose control were set as the observation group, and 78 patients who received intermittent subcutaneous injection of insulin as the control group. Both groups of patients received routine anti-infection treatment after the radical operation. There was no significant difference in sex and age between the two groups of patients (P>0.05), which were comparable (Table I).

Table I.

General information.

Table I.

General information.

FactorsObservation group (n=89)Control group (n=78)t/χ2 valueP-value
Sex 0.0240.877
  Male48 (53.93)43 (55.13)
  Female41 (46.07)35 (44.87)
Age (years) 0.0010.976
  ≥5450 (56.18)44 (56.41)
  <5439 (43.82)34 (43.59)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.0130.910
  ≥2343 (48.31)37 (47.44)
  <2346 (51.69)41 (52.56)
Types of abscess 0.0200.990
  Retrorectal space abscess34 (38.21)29 (37.18)
  Submucosal abscess of rectum26 (29.21)23 (29.49)
  Pelvirectal abscess29 (32.58)26 (33.33)
Course of diabetes (years)4.30±1.284.32±1.310.1000.921
Coagulation function
  APTT (sec)27.45±2.7228.01±2.611.3530.178
  PT (sec)12.02±1.0312.05±1.050.1861.853
  FIB (g/l)   3.13±0.19   3.12±0.240.3000.764
  TT (sec)14.56±1.1714.51±1.210.2710.787
Liver function indexes
  Total serum protein (g/l)70.19±2.7570.76±2.761.3340.184
  Alanine aminotransferase (µmol/l)28.19±4.3127.92±4.170.4100.682
  Total bilirubin (µmol/l)11.28±2.1611.27±2.220.0290.977
Renal function indexes (µmol/l)
  Creatinine69.15±4.4170.05±4.311.3300.185
  Serum urea   5.33±0.87   5.41±0.940.5710.569
  Uric acid278.55±11.75281.31±11.931.5040.135
Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria were: Patients diagnosed with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess. Exclusion criteria were: Patients with severe infectious diseases; patients with surgical contraindications; patients with other severe organ diseases or complicated with tumors; patients with coagulation disorders; patients with communication disorders; patients who did not cooperate with the study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University. Patients who participated in this research had complete clinical data. The signed informed consents were obtained from the patients or the guardians.

Treatment methods

Patients in the control group were intermittently and subcutaneously injected with insulin for perioperative blood glucose control. Insulin was daily injected before meals, and its dose was adjusted according to the patients' blood glucose changes. Patients in the observation group were continuously pumped with insulin for 24 h. The basic dose of the insulin pump was controlled at 50% of the standard dose, and the other 50% was additionally pumped before meals. The patients' blood glucose was monitored in real time. Perioperative anti-infection treatment and alimentary control were carried out on both groups of patients. The control range of preoperative blood glucose was as follows: fasting blood glucose (FBG) ≤8.0 mmol/l and 2 h postprandial blood glucose (2hPBG) ≤11.0 mmol/l. After the blood glucose was controlled, the operation was performed.

Observational indexes

i) The operative efficacy was scored and compared between the two groups. Markedly effective indicated normal defecation, normal blood glucose and wound surface healing after operation. Effective indicated slight pain during defecation, normal blood glucose and wound surface healing after operation. Invalid indicated blood glucose which was not significantly improved, strong pain during defecation and wound surface which did not heal after operation. The total effective rate was calculated as: (markedly effective + effective cases) / total number of cases ×100%. ii) The wound healing time and 1 week postoperative growth of the granulation tissue were scored and compared between the two groups. Scoring standards for the growth of the granulation tissue were as follows (10): 0 for good growth and wound surface healing; 1 point for vigorous growth with bright red and granular wound surface; 2 points for vigorous growth with light red and flat wound surface; 3 points for slow growth with murky grey and depressed wound surface. The lower the score, the better the healing was. iii) FBG and 2hPBG before and after treatment were recorded and compared between the two groups. iv) Fasting venous blood was extracted before and on the 3rd and 7th days after operation to detect and compare serum inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) between the two groups using ELISA. ELISA kits were purchased from Shanghai Enzyme-linked Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Statistical analysis

In this study, SPSS19.0 (IBM Corp.) was used to statistically analyze the data. Chi-square test was used for comparison of enumeration data, t-test for comparison of measurement data, repeated measures analysis of variance with LSD post hoc test for comparison at multiple time points, and GraphPad Prism 6 for plotting figures. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Comparison of operative efficacy

There were 69 markedly effective cases, 15 effective cases and 5 invalid cases in the observation group, with a total effective rate of 94.38%. There were 43 markedly effective cases, 16 effective cases and 19 invalid cases in the control group, with a total effective rate of 75.64%. The total effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05) (Table II).

Table II.

Comparison of operative efficacy.

Table II.

Comparison of operative efficacy.

EfficacyObservation group (n=89)Control group (n=78)χ2 valueP-value
Markedly effective69 (77.53)43 (55.13)
Effective15 (16.85)16 (20.51)
Invalid5 (5.62)19 (24.36)
Total effective rate84 (94.38)59 (75.64)11.86<0.050
Wound healing time and 1-week postoperative growth score of the granulation tissue

The wound healing time and 1-week postoperative growth score of the granulation tissue in the observation group were 16.31±2.29 days and 1.19±0.35 points, while those in the control group were 22.97±3.75 days and 2.09±0.36 points. Compared with the control group, patients in the observation group had significantly shorter wound healing time and significantly lower growth score (P<0.05) (Table III).

Table III.

Wound healing time and 1-week postoperative growth score of the granulation tissue.

Table III.

Wound healing time and 1-week postoperative growth score of the granulation tissue.

ItemsObservation group (n=89)Control group (n=78)t valueP-value
Wound healing time (days)16.31±2.2922.97±3.7514.04<0.001
Growth score of the granulation tissue   1.19±0.35  2.09± 0.3616.36<0.001
FBG and 2hPBG before and after treatment

In the observation group, FBG was 10.31±2.65 mmol/l before treatment and 5.21±1.35 mmol/l after treatment, and 2hPBG was 12.65±2.26 mmol/l before treatment and 7.41±1.73 mmol/l after treatment. In the control group, FBG was 10.32±3.59 mmol/l before treatment and 6.59±1.76 mmol/l after treatment, and 2hPBG was 12.58±2.15 mmol/l before treatment and 8.83±2.55 mmol/l after treatment. Before treatment, there was no significant difference between the two groups in FBG and 2hPBG (P>0.05). After treatment, FBG and 2hPBG in the two groups were significantly lower than those before treatment (P<0.05), and FBG and 2hPBG after treatment in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05) (Figs. 1 and 2).

Expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6 before and on the 3rd and 7th days after operation

In the observation group, the expression levels of TNF-α before and on the 3rd and 7th days after operation were 195.24±23.52, 101.23±15.39 and 89.31±14.85 ng/l, and the expression levels of IL-6 were 214.25±74.52, 144.65±44.51 and 87.82±18.29 ng/l. In the control group, the expression levels of TNF-α were 196.21±24.55, 140.32±17.03 and 121.07±25.67 ng/l, and the expression levels of IL-6 were 215.65±77.29, 170.27±49.18 and 120.29±28.05 ng/l. Before treatment, there was no significant difference between the two groups in the expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6 (P>0.05). On the 3rd and 7th days after operation, the expression levels in the two groups were significantly lower than those before treatment, and the expression levels on the 7th day after treatment were significantly lower than those on the 3rd day after operation (P<0.05). On the 3rd and 7th days after operation, the expression levels in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05) (Figs. 3 and 4).

Discussion

The incidence of diabetes has been increasing with social progress and changes in diet structure in recent years (11). Perianal abscess is a common acute disease in proctology department. Infections or damage occurs in the anal gland or the hair follicle and the infections spread, eventually causing perianal abscess (12). Perianal abscess is difficult to treat and operation as its main treatment causes long wound healing time (13). In addition, patients with diabetes who are in a hyperglycemic state for a long time are prone to hypoproteinemia and decreased resistance. Moreover, hyperglycemia easily promotes the growth of bacteria and hinders wound surface healing (14). Therefore, it is urgent to better control the blood glucose of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess in order to prevent poor operative efficacy and slow postoperative recovery caused by diabetes. Wound surface healing is a complex mechanism and it involves many cytokines among which inflammatory cytokine is an important one (15). A study shows that different administrations of insulin have significantly different effects on the blood glucose control of patients with diabetes, and insulin pumps are better than multiple subcutaneous injections in controlling hyperglycemia in critically ill patients, reducing inflammatory responses and improving short-term prognosis (16). However, there are currently few studies on differences in the blood glucose control of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess between different administrations of insulin, as well as on the effects of the administration on the efficacy of radical operation of perianal abscess and postoperative recovery.

In this study, compared with the control group, patients in the observation group had significantly higher total effective rate (P<0.05), significantly shorter wound healing time and significantly lower growth score of the granulation tissue (P<0.05), and significantly lower FBG and 2hPBG levels after treatment (P<0.05). These findings suggest that insulin pumps for injection can regulate patients' blood glucose level and promote their postoperative recovery. In a previous study, insulin pumps slowly and continuously infused insulin through simulating physiological insulin secretion. This method not only replaces impaired insulin to work and quickly controls blood glucose, but also monitors patients' blood glucose level in real time and adjusts the dose and speed of pumping according to blood glucose changes, so it is more conducive to glucostasis (17). This also explains some conclusions of this study. According to a study, insulin pumps for blood glucose control improves the operative efficacy and promote the wound surface healing of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess (18), which also confirms our conclusions. Among inflammatory cytokines, the expression of IL-6 is closely related to the intensity of inflammatory responses and the severity of tissue damage (19). In addition, the concentration of IL-6 can be increased by bacterial infections (20). TNF-α is the initiator of a chain of inflammatory responses and plays an important role in inflammatory responses. It promotes the release of IL-6 and IL-8 by promoting neutrophil aggregation, thus enhancing inflammatory responses in the body (21). According to comparison of the expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6, on the 3rd and 7th days after operation, the expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in the observation and control groups were significantly lower than those before treatment, and the expression levels on the 7th day after treatment were significantly lower than those on the 3rd day after operation (P<0.05). On the 3rd and 7th days after operation, the expression levels in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). These findings indicate that insulin pumps for blood glucose control can reduce the expression of inflammatory cytokines and improve the inflammatory responses of patients after operation. A previous study shows that insulin inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokines (22). Therefore, insulin pumps are more effective for controlling the inflammation of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess, possibly because its injection of insulin is more reasonable and controlled.

In summary, insulin pumps for injection during the perioperative period of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess can better control the patients' blood glucose, improve the operative efficacy and promote the patients' postoperative healing. Moreover, continuous intravenous pumping of insulin is significantly better than traditional intermittent subcutaneous injection of it in controlling inflammation, so it is worthy of application. Insulin pumps are more effective than traditional intermittent subcutaneous injection, but the specific mechanisms promoting the operative efficacy and improving the inflammatory responses of patients with diabetes complicated with perianal abscess were not explored in this study. Therefore, the mechanisms still need to be investigated.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

ZZ, HH and YH were responsible for ELISA. WD helped with statistical analysis. ZZ wrote the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University (Jinhua, China). Patients who participated in this research had complete clinical data. The signed informed consents were obtained from the patients or the guardians.

Patient consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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