Table 1: Contributing studies.
Study |
Sample size |
Age, year, mean (SD) |
Male, N |
Multi-level, N |
Delayed treatment, days, mean (SD) |
Epidural abscess, N |
|
Asamoto [4] |
27 |
56 |
15 |
2 |
- |
17 |
|
Ascione [5] |
30 |
64 |
13 |
0 |
48 |
- |
|
Bernard [6] |
359 |
61 |
250 |
39 |
34 |
- |
|
Bettini [7] |
56 |
47.8 |
21 |
6 |
50 |
3 |
|
Cervan [8] |
23 |
67 |
15 |
2 |
49 |
14 |
|
ChinPea [9] |
48 |
66.8 |
19 |
0 |
120 |
35 |
|
Hoh [10] |
24 |
59 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Dimar [11] |
42 |
60 |
29 |
2 |
14.4 |
1 |
|
Dragsted [12] |
65 |
60 |
45 3 |
6 |
384 |
46 |
|
Kim [13] |
355 |
60 |
211 |
83 |
- |
355 |
|
Elsaid [14] |
19 |
43.8 |
12 |
0 |
11.7 |
15 |
|
Erick [15] |
110 |
60 |
67 |
12 |
39 |
- |
|
Gupta [3] |
260 |
67 |
163 |
0 |
32 |
158 |
|
Hadj- pavlou [16] |
101 |
46 |
76 |
0 |
- |
39 |
|
Heyde [17] |
20 |
59.7 |
9 |
3 |
90 |
12 |
|
Karadimas [18] |
163 |
56 |
101 |
141 |
48 |
- |
|
Lee [19] |
51 |
60 |
32 |
17 |
- |
28 |
|
Livorsi [20] |
35 |
53 |
30 |
13 |
- |
26 |
|
Martin Mc. [21] |
253 |
60 |
160 |
20 |
54 |
43 |
|
Masuda [22] |
5 |
63.8 |
2 |
0 |
62 |
2 |
|
Matsubara [23] |
52 |
70 |
31 |
0 |
- |
30 |
|
Mavro-genis [24] |
153 |
57 |
93 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Nolla [25] |
64 |
59 |
36 |
3 |
48 |
39 |
|
Ozkan [26] |
21 |
65 |
12 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Robach [27] |
135 |
59 |
85 |
0 |
- |
46 |
|
Rosinsky [28] |
16 |
68 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
|
Schinkel [29] |
32 |
61 |
18 |
5 |
44 |
19 |
|
Schuster [30] |
47 |
49 |
33 |
12 |
- |
33 |
|
Shiban 1 [31] |
113 |
65 |
78 |
28 |
- |
33 |
|
Shiban 2 [32] |
25 |
66 |
14 |
0 |
- |
11 |
|
Shousha [33] |
30 |
64.5 |
19 |
11 |
- |
24 |
|
Siddiq [34] |
57 |
56 |
33 |
27 |
- |
57 |
|
Sobottke [35] |
32 |
74.9 |
21 |
12 |
65 |
12 |
|
Curry [36] |
48 |
61 |
30 |
1 |
7 |
48 |
|
Urrutia [37] |
102 |
65 |
74 |
34 |
- |
11 |
|
Valacius [38] |
196 |
59 |
106 |
12 |
52 |
60 |
|
Woergen [39] |
62 |
64 |
35 |
14 |
- |
8 |
|
Yoshimoto [40] |
45 |
65 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Zarrouk [41] |
29 |
58 |
- |
4 |
29 |
19 |
|
Dennis [42] |
84 |
62 |
49 |
47 |
- |
- |