Somatostatin plus Ulinastatin in the Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis and Its Effect on Serum Cytokine Levels

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of somatostatin combined with ulinastatin in the treatment of patients with severe acute pancreatitis and its effect on serum cytokine levels. METHODS: This study is a retrospective trial. One hundred patients with severe acute pancreatitis in our hospital between March 2020 and May 2021 were recruited and assigned into the control group (ulinastatin alone) and experimental group (somatostatin plus ulinastatin) according to different treatment methods, 50 cases each. The clinical efficacy and serum cytokine levels of the two groups were compared. RESULTS: Somatostatin plus ulinastatin was associated with a higher total effective rate versus ulinastatin alone (p < 0.05). After treatment, the experimental group observed significantly better interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-18 (IL-18), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) when compared with those in the control group (p < 0.05); somatostatin plus ulinastatin resulted in better serum amylase, blood calcium, blood urea nitrogen, blood sugar, and white blood cell count versus ulinastatin alone (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Somatostatin plus ulinastatin is a viable alternative in the treatment of patients with severe acute pancreatitis, with a remarkable efficacy profile. It is worthy of clinical application.