Table 3.

All survival data that could be extracted from the reports. Where data are stated in the paper, in text or tables, these have been used. Where the data were displayed graphically the proportion alive at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years has been read from the graphs to supplement the data reported in text and tables

Author	Start year	End year	n	Op mort (%)	1 year survival (%)	2 year survival (%)	3 year survival (%)	4 year survival (%)	5 year survival (%)	Median (months)
Achatzy32	1969	1985	120						2	10.1
Alberts40	1965	1985	26							10.9
Allen27	1958	1993	56	5	30	9			5	9.0
Aziz21	1989	1999	47	0	50	0	0		0	14.0
Ball30	1981	1985	13		55	20	18		8	17.0
Brancatisano28	1984	1989	45	2	58	21				16.0
Branscheid29	1978	1989	82	2	35	20	17			10.5
Ceresoli23	1986	1999	54		50					12.5
Clarke14	1989	1999	100	2						14.6
Colaut15	1985	2002	40			28	17
Colleoni24	1990	1994	20		44	32	0		0	11.5
de Vries17	1976	2001	29	4	14	10	8		5	9.0
Flores5	1990	2006	278	4	62	30	20		15	16.0
Harvey31	1965	1988	9		43	0	0		0	12.0
Law33	1971	1980	28		82	32		11		20.0
Lee J25	1986	1993	15		37	15	7	0	0	11.5
Lee T22	1995	2000	26		64	32	18		12	18.1
Lucchi12	1999	2004	49	0		60			23	26.0
Matzi16	1993	2003	34
Monneuse18	1990	2000	16	6	69	50	42		8	41.3
Nakas (Radical)7			51	6	53	41	25	13		15.3
Nakas (Non-radical)7			51	10	32	10	2	0	0	7.1
Okada13	1986	2006	34	0	60	40	24	19	10	17.0
Phillips19	1989	1999	15		54	40	33	28	28	14.0
Sauter26	1988	1992	20		50	25				12.0
Schipper SP11			31	3	30	15	4	4	0	8.1
Schipper TP11			10	0	80	35	35	35	35	17.2
Yom20	2000	2001	8	25	13					6.5
Weighted average				4	51	26	16	11	9