Table 5. HRCT-based stages of SBO-related death and the others (including cured, infection-bearing alive, or death by other causes patients) groups.
SBO-related death ( n = 3) | The others ( n = 10) | p- Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HRCT ( n = 13) | Stage | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.027 * |
2 | 0 | 1 | |||
3 | 0 | 1 | |||
4 | 3 | 2 |
Abbreviations: HRCT, high resolution computed tomography; SBO, skull base osteomyelitis.
Statistically significant.