TABLE XI.
Rate of Postoperative Infection by Surgery Type
| Surgery Type | No. of Studies (N = 164) | No. of Patients (N = 10,577) | Total No. of Patients Affected | % of Patients Affected (95% CI) | I2 | P Value* |
| Distal osteotomy | 83 (50.6%) | 6,408 (60.6%) | 188 | 2.5 (1.9-3.2) | 60% | <0.001 |
| Proximal osteotomy | 21 (12.8%) | 958 (9.1%) | 30 | 2.2 (1-3.7) | 50% | 0.004 |
| Shaft osteotomy† | 13 (7.9%) | 677 (6.4%) | 13 | 1.5 (0.6-2.8) | 30% | 0.21 |
| Joint hemiresection | 10 (6.1%) | 530 (5.0%) | 16 | 2.2 (0.6-4.8) | 60% | 0.007 |
| Simple bunionectomy | 8 (4.9%) | 295 (2.8%) | 27 | 8.4 (4.9-12.8) | 40% | 0.21 |
| Shaft and Akin osteotomies | 6 (3.7%) | 380 (3.6%) | 12 | 2.7 (0.8-5.8) | 50% | 0.1 |
| Proximal and Akin osteotomies | 5 (3.0%) | 329 (3.1%) | 10 | 2.9 (1.3-4.9) | 0% | 0.78 |
| First TMT arthrodesisठ| 3 (1.8%) | 179 (1.7%) | 16 | 11.4 (0.3-35) | 90% | <0.001 |
| Other | 15 (9.1%) | 821 (7.8%) | 27 | 2.3 (0.7-4.9) | 70% | <0.001 |
| Total | 164 | 10,577 | 339 | 2.6 (2.1-3.2) | 60% | <0.001 |
*
Cochran test for heterogeneity of studies within each surgery type.
†
Surgery type with lowest value.
‡
Surgery type with highest value.
§
TMT = tarsometatarsal.