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| Surgery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Emergency | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | ||
| Type of wound | Clean | 8 | 16% | 3 | 6% |
| Clean—contaminated | 6 | 12% | 5 | 10% | |
| contaminated | 10 | 20% | 19 | 38% | |
| Dirty | 26 | 52% | 23 | 46% | |
Note: χ 2 = 5.3404, d f = 4, p = 0.148.*
