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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: HPB (Oxford). 2018 Aug 1;21(2):181–186. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.07.001

Table 3.

Summary of primary and secondary study endpoints.

Pre-Intervention n (%) Post-Intervention n (%) Absolute Reduction (95% CI) p value
Overall SSI 79 (34.2%) 26 (13.5%) 20.7% (12–29) <0.001
Superficial/Deep Infection 31 (13.4%) 5 (2.6%) 10.8% (5–16) <0.001
Organ Space Infection 48 (20.8%) 21 (10.9%) 9.9% (3–13) 0.008
LOS (days, median, range) 9 (4–60) 8 (4–48) 1 (0.8–2.2) <0.001
30 day readmission rate 43 (18.6%) 40 (20.7%) 3 (−6–10) 0.62

SSI, surgical site infection; LOS, length of stay; IQR, interquartile range; CI, confidence interval.