Table 3. Therapy-related complications and recurrence in groups B and C.

Group	B (N = 20)	C (N = 19)	p value
Recurrence	10% (2/20)	10.5%(2/19)	0.92
Mortality	0	15.9% (3/19)	0.026
Infection related	0	10.5% (2/19)	-
Other cause	5% (1/20)	5.3% (1/19)	-
Complications	0	31.6% (6/19)	0.031
Bleeding	-	5.3% (1/19)	-
Skin necrosis	-	5.3% (1/19)	-
Epigastric hernia	-	21% (4/19)	-
Length of hospital stay (days)	25.2 (±12.4)	53.8 (±19.0)	0.053
Total duration antimicrobial therapy (days)	18.4 (±9.0)	36.2 (±25.1)	0.026
Follow-up time (days)	146 (±32)	127 (±50)	-

Bold value indicates significance.