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. 2018 Apr 10;31:14–16. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.04.006

Table 2.

Variables studied.

N (%) Patients with SSI
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%