Table 5.

Results showing the total number, numbers drained, age, site and size (average for PCD) of abscesses from studies in literature

Name	Total	Drained	Mean age yr (/range)	Site of abscess			Size for PCD (cm)
				Paracolic	Pelvic	Others
Kumar et al[31]	30	12	39	15	5	10	6.5
Stabile et al[26]	19	19	63.8	8	9	2	8.7
Kaiser et al[11]	99	16	-	74	25	-	7.1
Ambrosetti et al[30]	73	19	66.9	45	28	-	6.7
Brandt et al[13]	66	34	71	-	-	-	6
Bahadursingh et al[32]	25	10	61	9	9	7	-
Siewert et al [33]	30	4	54.2	-	-	-	5.9
Neff et al[28]	16	16	42-86	2	13	1	> 5
Alvarez et al[34]	59	-	64	37	22	-	-