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Table 3 Length of hospital stay, recurrence and follow-up differences between ultrasound-guided drainage and surgical I&D

From: Surgical vs ultrasound-guided drainage of deep neck space abscesses: a randomized controlled trial: surgical vs ultrasound drainage

Measure

Ultrasound

Surgery

p-value

Hospital stay (Mean days)

3.1

5.2

0.042 *

Recurrence

0

0

-

Follow-up (months)

10.5

12

0.43

  1. * Denotes statistical significance.