Table 4.

Group II saline irrigation: Wound bacterial quantification and surgical closure outcome

Patient	Day 1 preoperative debridement	Day 1 postoperative debridement	Day 7 preoperative closure	Day 14 wound closure outcome
1II	X Pseudomonas 106 S Staphylococcus aureus 103	X Pseudomonas 102 S Staphylococcus aureus 0	X Pseudomonas 105 S Staphylococcus aureus 105	Wound dehiscence Day 4 postoperatively
2II	X Pseudomonas 107 E Enterococcus 104	X Pseudomonas 10 E Enterococcus 0	X Pseudomonas 102 E Enterococcus 102	Wound closed No complication
3II	X Pseudomonas 106 S Staphylococcus aureus 105	X Pseudomonas 102 S Staphylococcus aureus 0	X Pseudomonas 104 S Staphylococcus aureus 104	Wound closed Small wound dehiscence
4II	X Pseudomonas 105 S Staphylococcus aureus 106 E Enterococcus 104	X Pseudomonas 0 S Staphylococcus aureus 102 E Enterococcus 0	X Pseudomonas 103 S Staphylococcus aureus 104 E Enterococcus 105	Wound closed Postop infection Day 4
5II	X Pseudomonas 104 S Staphylococcus aureus 104	X Pseudomonas 10 S Staphylococcus aureus 0	X Pseudomonas 105 S Staphylococcus aureus 103	Wound closed Postoperative infection Graft lost
6II	S Staphylococcus aureus 105	S Staphylococcus aureus 10	S Staphylococcus aureus 105	Graft failed
7II	X Pseudomonas 106 S Staphylococcus aureus 105	X Pseudomonas 10 S Staphylococcus aureus 10	X Pseudomonas 104 S Staphylococcus aureus 105	Partial dehiscence Day 5
8II	X Pseudomonas 106 S Staphylococcus aureus 104 E Escherichia coli 105	X Pseudomonas 102 S Staphylococcus aureus 0 E Escherichia coli 10	X Pseudomonas 105 S Staphylococcus aureus 102 E Escherichia coli 105	Wound infection Day 4