Infants Are More Likely Than Older Children to Have Surgery for Cervical Infections

Table 4

Location of abscess.

Location	Frequency		Age < 1 yr ()	Age 1-3 yrs ()	Age 4-7 yrs ()	Age 8 -18 yrs ()
Lateral neck	126	51.0	72.5	60.4	35.6	40.0
Retropharyngeal	62	25.1	5.9	24.0	44.4	28.6
Parapharyngeal	25	10.1	17.6	13.5	8.9	14.3
Combination of Retropharyngeal and Parapharyngeal	7	2.8	0	1.1	8.9	5.7
Other	8	3.2	3.9	0	2.22	11.4

Note that 15 patients did not have a specific location beyond neck defined in the medical record.