Review
Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2008; 14(47): 7163-7169
Published online Dec 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.7163
Table 6 Results showing the total number, numbers drained, response to conservative treatment and details of emergency/elective/semi-elective surgery from studies in literature
NameTotalDrainedAntibiotics ± PCDSurgery same admissionElective/semi-elective
Kumar et al[31]3012175-
Stabile et al[26]1919-314
Mueller et al[27]24211612
Kaiser et al[11]9916562320
Ambrosetti et al[30]7319301825
Brandt et al[13]6634211528
Siewert et al[33]30417-13
Cinat et al[37]1313-5-
Saini et al[29]178-17
Alvarez[34]59-3326-