Table 2.

Characteristics and treatment of patients with surgical site infections following clean neck surgery

Patient	Age / sex	Weight	Diagnosis / surgery / operative time	Co-morbidity	Treatment	Readmission
1	72 F	78kg	Papillary carcinoma; thyroidectomy, 154min	Hypertension, dyslipidaemia	Surgery plus antibiotics	No
2	67 F	78kg	Multinodular goitre; thyroidectomy, 120min	Hypertension, dyslipidaemia	Antibiotics	No
3	62 F	62kg	Graves’ disease; thyroidectomy, 141min	Hypertension, venous insufficiency	Antibiotics	Yes
4	54 F	75kg	Papillary carcinoma; thyroidectomy, 144min	Hypertension, dyslipidaemia	Antibiotics	No
5	60 F	75kg	Multinodular goitre; thyroidectomy, 178min	None	Antibiotics	No
6	64 M	92kg	Papillary carcinoma; thyroidectomy, 290min	Obesity	Surgery plus antibiotics	Yes