Table 3 Comparison of mortality between studies

Choi and Bedair [18]

88 (septic)

88 (aseptic)

4

18% (septic)

3% (aseptic)

Yao et al. [22]

1370 (septic)

1740 (aseptic)

10

47% (septic)

34% (aseptic)

15 years:

73% (septic)

60% (aseptic)

Matar et al. [23]

309 (septic)

945 (aseptic)

10

31.3% (septic)

19.8% (aseptic)

17 years:

33.9% (septic)

25.0% (aseptic)

Present study

36 (septic)

42 (aseptic)

11.8

19.4% (septic)

7.1% (aseptic)