TABLE 2.
Co-Occurrence of Noninfectious Wound Complication (NIWC) and Surgical Site Infection (SSI) by Operative Category
| Operative Category (n of total NIWC) |
NIWC + SSI, n (% of total NIWC) |
NIWC + SSI, n (row %)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIWC Before SSI |
NIWC at Same Time as SSI** |
NIWC After SSI |
||
| Mastectomy-only (n = 455) |
105 (23.1) | 41 (39.0) | 27 (25.7) | 37 (35.2) |
| Mastectomy with implant IR (n = 843) |
265 (31.4) | 87 (32.8) | 109 (41.1) | 69 (26.0) |
| Mastectomy with flap IR† (n = 416) |
129 (31.0) | 53 (41.1) | 42 (32.6) | 34 (26.4) |
| Mastectomy with IR (n = 1,259) |
394 (31.3) | 140 (35.5) | 151 (38.3) | 103 (26.1) |
| Total NIWC (n = 1,714) |
499 (29.1) | 181 (36.3) | 178 (35.7) | 140 (28.1) |
*
Percentage of the total coded for both NIWC and SSI within operative category.
**
SSI within ± 1 day of the NIWC
†
Flap IR with or without concurrent implant reconstruction.
IR, immediate reconstruction.