Table 3.

Procedural Characteristics stratified by diagnosis of infection.

Variable	Infected (n = 82)	Non Infected (n = 37)	p-Value
Procedure duration, minutes	125 ± 47.4	137 ± 55.6	0.22
Number of extracted catheters 0 1 2 3 4	- 14 (17.3%) 42 (51.9%) 17 (21%) 8 (9.8%)	3 (8.6%) 22 (62.9%) 9 (25.7%) 1 (2.8%) -	<0.001
Previously abandoned catheter ≥1	13 (16%)	1 (2.9%)	0.06
Technique of extraction Traction Mechanical dilator sheath Powered sheath	6 (7.4%) 64 (79%) 10 (13.6%)	3 (8.6%) 29 (82.8%) 3 (8.6%)	0.90
Procedural success complete clinical surgical extraction procedural failure complications	72 (87.8%) 4 (4.9%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0%) 5 (6.1%)	29 (78.4%) 4 (10.8%) 1 (2.7%) 1 (2.7%) 2 (5.4%)	0.30