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Evidence on its role after pancreatic resection is limited. The aim of the study was to analyse the predictive role of early postoperative serum IL-6 regarding complications after pancreatic resection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective analysis of patients with pancreatic resection at a tertiary German centre was performed. All IL-6 values per patient within 48\u00a0h after resection were delineated. Values at fixed postoperative time points were interpolated between each patient\u2019s measurements and, beyond them, predicted from a linear mixed-effects model. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed, and optimal time and cut-off points for prediction of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF), postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis (PPAP) and overall complications were set out.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 316 patients, 157 patients with more than one IL-6 value were included. IL-6 at 36\u00a0h after resection showed the best diagnostic performance for all three endpoints. For PPAP B\/C, the AUC was 0.800 (95% CI 0.685\u20130.916) at a cut-off of 296 pg\/ml (sensitivity 62%, specificity 80%, PPV 26%, NPV 95%), and for POPF B\/C 0.715 (0.632\u20130.798) at 192 pg\/ml (sensitivity 70%, specificity 59%, PPV 52%, NPV 76%). Discrimination for major complications (Clavien\u2013Dindo\u2009\u2265\u20093b) was weaker, with an AUC of 0.636 (0.539\u20130.733) at 208 pg\/ml (sensitivity 55%, specificity 62%, PPV 44%, NPV 73%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Serum IL-6 within 48\u00a0h after pancreatic resection could be useful in risk assessment for pancreas-specific complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00423-026-04283-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]],"date-time":"2026-09-14T13:13:14Z","timestamp":1789391594000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early postoperative serum IL-6 may contribute to risk stratification for pancreas-specific complications after pancreatic resection"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"411","author":[{"given":"Hanna","family":"Schulte-H\u00fcrmann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Faruk","family":"Koca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Wicke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Mazzella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tam\u00e1s","family":"Benk\u00f6","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Armin","family":"Wiegering","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ekaterina","family":"Petrova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"4283_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"8","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2005.05.001","volume":"138","author":"C Bassi","year":"2005","unstructured":"Bassi C et al (2005) Postoperative pancreatic fistula: An international study group (ISGPF) definition. 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