TABLE 3.
SSIs Reported |
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Surgery Type | No. % | No. % |
Appendix surgery | 682 | 23.2 |
Colon surgery | 554 | 18.8 |
Ventricular shunt | 429 | 14.6 |
Cardiac surgery | 344 | 11.7 |
Spinal fusion | 319 | 10.9 |
Cesarean section | 101 | 3.4 |
Small bowel surgery | 100 | 3.4 |
Exploratory Laparotomy | 80 | 2.7 |
Craniotomy | 57 | 1.9 |
Laminectomy | 51 | 1.7 |
Open reduction of fracture | 48 | 1.6 |
Bile duct, liver or pancreatic surgery | 23 | 0.8 |
Liver transplant | 20 | 0.7 |
Gastric surgery | 18 | 0.6 |
Abdominal hysterectomy | 16 | 0.5 |
Gallbladder surgery | 15 | 0.5 |
Pacemaker surgery | 15 | 0.5 |
Herniorrhaphy | 9 | 0.3 |
Otherc | 59 | 2.0 |
Total | 2,940 | 100 |
Surgeries with fewer than 15 SSIs reported are not shown, with the exception of herniorrhaphy.
Beginning in 2014, only surgeries with primary closure are included.
Other includes hip prosthesis (n = 14, 0.5%), knee prosthesis (n = 7, 0.2%), ovarian surgery (n = 6, 0.2%), thoracic surgery (n = 6, 0.2%), abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (n = 5, 0.2%), kidney transplant (n = 5, 0.2%), rectal surgery (n = 5, 0.2%), coronary artery bypass graft with both chest and donor site incision (n = 3, 0.1%), breast surgery (n = 2, 0.1%), limb amputation (n = 2, 0.1%), spleen surgery (n = 2, 0.1%), heart transplant (n = 1, 0.03%), kidney surgery (n = 1, 0.03%).