Table 3.
All Wound Complication, Surgical Site Infections, and Wound Dehiscence During Index and Follow-Up Time Periods After Open Colorectal Surgery Using SSPP
| Wound Complications | Overall | Admission Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Non-Elective | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Wound complications at index | ||||||
| ALL | 593 | 100.0 | 380 | 64.1 | 213 | 35.9 |
| All Wound Complications | 19 | 3.2 | 12 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.3 |
| SSI | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 2.9 | 7 | 3.3 |
| Wound dehiscence | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 |
| Abscess/cellulitis/granuloma | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 |
| Wound complications during index and 30-day follow-up | ||||||
| ALLa | 579 | 100.0 | 376 | 64.9 | 203 | 35.1 |
| All Wound Complications | 41 | 7.1 | 23 | 6.1 | 18 | 8.9 |
| SSI | 35 | 6.0 | 21 | 5.6 | 14 | 6.9 |
| Wound dehiscence | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Abscess/cellulitis/granuloma | 5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.5 |
Notes: aBased on patients with an index admission to a hospital that continued to contribute data for at least 30 days after discharge.
Abbreviations: SSI, surgical site infection; SSPP, STRATAFIXTM Symmetric PDSTM Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device.