Table 1.

The mortality rate of acute mediastinitis reported in different studies [6–9]

Author/s	Year	Number of cases	Mortality rate
Cherveniakov	1992	147	14,4%
Marty-Ane et al	1999	12	16,5%
Papalia et al	2001	13	23%
Macrí P et al	2003	26	15,4%
Vidarsdottir et al	2010	29	31%