Table 2.
Variables studied.
| N (%) | Patients with SSI |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | ||
| Co-morbid | |||
| Single or none | 63 (38%) | 1 | 1.6% |
| Two or more | 101 (62%) | 1 | 1% |
| Surgery duration | |||
| <119 min | 19 (1.6%) | 0 | 0% |
| ≥120 min | 145 (88.4%) | 2 | 1.4% |
| Hospital stay | |||
| ≤7 days | 90 (54.9%) | 1 | 1.1% |
| ≥8 days | 74 (45.1%) | 1 | 1.4% |
| Pre-op hemoglobin | |||
| ≤11 g/dl | 42 (25.6%) | 1 | 2.4% |
| >11 g/dl | 112 (74.4%) | 1 | 0.8% |
| Post-op fever during hospital stay | |||
| Yes | 7 (4.8%) | 0 | 0% |
| No | 157 (96%) | 2 | 1.3% |
| Discharged on antibiotics | |||
| Yes | 15 (9.1%) | 0 | 0% |
| No | 149 (90.9%) | 2 | 1.3% |
| Clipper used | |||
| Yes | 28 (17%) | 1 | 3.6% |
| No | 110 (67%) | 1 | 0.9% |
| Record not available | 26 (16%) | 0 | 0% |