Table 2.
Septic complications and mortality according to analyzed hospitals (centers)
| Complication | Centre 1 n = 1628 n (%) |
Centre 2 n = 612 n (%) |
p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| All types of SSIs | 269 (16.5) | 95 (15.5) | 0.567 |
| Skin superficial SSIs | 173 (10.6) | 56 (9.2) | 0.304 |
| Deep incisional SSIs | 36 (2.2) | 15 (2.5) | 0.735 |
| Organ space SSIs | 60 (3.7) | 24 (3.9) | 0.793 |
| Anastomotic leak (total) | 47 (2.9) | 19 (3.1) | |
| Colon | 25 (2.2) | 10 (2.5) | 0.789 |
| Rectum | 22 (3.4) | 9 (3.2) | |
| 30-day mortality | 20 (1.2) | 8 (1.3) | 0.882 |
Center 1 Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, center 2 Center for Treatment of Bowel Diseases, SSIs surgical site infections
a χ 2 test