Table 3a.
Results of pairwise comparisons: surgical site infection.
| PDS | Polypropylene | Polyglactin | Nylon | Polyglycolic acid | Polyglyconate | Triclosan-coated polyglactin | Triclosan-coated PDS | Ethibond | Steel | PLG | |
| PDS | – | OR 1.22 CI 0.75–1.98 |
OR 0.92 CI 0.54–1.56 |
OR 0.87 CI 0.49–1.56 |
OR 1.11 CI 0.52–2.37 |
OR 0.6 CI 0.24–1.47 |
OR 0.79 CI 0.31–2.03 |
OR 0.9 CI 0.48–1.68 |
OR 0.34 CI 0.02–6.42 |
OR 0.84 CI 0.27–2.65 |
OR 1.57 CI 0.33–7.54 |
| Polypropylene | – | – | OR 0.75 CI 0.37–1.55 |
OR 0.72 CI 0.34–1.53 |
OR 0.91 CI 0.37–2.25 |
OR 0.49; CI 0.18–1.37 |
OR 0.65 CI 0.22–1.88 |
OR 0.74 CI 0.33–1.63 |
OR 0.28 CI 0.01–5.49 |
OR 0.69 CI 0.2–2.41 |
OR 1.29 CI 0.25–6.67 |
| Polyglactin | – | – | – | OR 0.95 CI 0.43–2.09 |
OR 1.21 CI 0.48–3.06 |
OR 0.65; CI 0.23–1.86 |
OR 0.86 CI 0.29–2.55 |
OR 0.98 CI 0.43–2.22 |
OR 0.37 CI 0.02–7.35 |
OR 0.92 CI 0.26–3.25 |
OR 1.71 CI 0.33–8.98 |
| Nylon | – | – | – | – | OR 1.27 CI 0.49–3.3 |
OR 0.68; CI 0.23–2 |
OR 0.9 CI 0.3–2.74 |
OR 1.02 CI 0.44–2.41 |
OR 0.39 CI 0.02–7.77 |
OR 0.96 CI 0.27–3.48 |
OR 1.79 CI 0.34–9.57 |
| Polyglycolic acid | – | – | – | – | – | OR 0.54; CI 0.17–1.75 |
OR 0.71 CI 0.21–2.39 |
OR 0.81 CI 0.3–2.16 |
OR 0.31 CI 0.01–6.36 |
OR 0.76 CI 0.19–3 |
OR 1.41 CI 0.25–8.07 |
| Polyglyconate | – | – | – | – | – | – | OR 1.32 CI 0.36–4.88 |
OR 1.5 CI 0.5–4.5 |
OR 0.57 CI 0.03–12.3 |
OR 1.41 CI 0.33–6.06 |
OR 2.62 CI 0.43–16.05 |
| Triclosan-coated polyglactin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | OR 1.13 CI 0.36–3.52 |
OR 0.43 CI 0.02–9.42 |
OR 1.06 CI 0.24–4.71 |
OR 1.98 CI 0.32–12.41 |
| Triclosan-coated PDS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | OR 0.38 CI 0.02–7.66 |
OR 0.94 CI 0.25–3.48 |
OR 1.75 CI 0.32–9.51 |
| Ethibond | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | OR 2.46 CI 0.11–57.56 |
OR 4.59 CI 0.16–128.08 |
| Steel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | OR 1.86 CI 0.27–13.05 |
CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PDS, polydioxanone; PLG, poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide).