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Demographics and procedure statistics.
| Number of patients | 24-hour prophylaxis 100 |
5-day prophylaxis 104 |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| female | 86 (86.0%) | 88 (84.6%) |
| male | 14 (14.0%) | 16 (15.4%) |
| Mean age (years) | 45.9 +/− 17.4 | 46.0 +/− 17.1 |
| General anesthesia | 62 (62%) | 70 (67%) |
| Average procedure time (minutes) | 157 +/− 77.4 | 172 +/− 84.4 |
| Clean versus clean contaminated | 72 (72%) | 57 (55%) |
