Table 2.
Procedure-related characteristics of patients with SSI following cesarean section compared with control group.
| Procedure-related characteristics | Case (SSI) n (%) |
Control (non-SSI) n (%) |
p value1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of CS | 0.013∗ | ||
| Emergency | 76 (95) | 65 (81) | |
| Elective | 4 (5) | 15 (19) | |
| Membrane rupture | 0.310 | ||
| Artificial | 39 (57) | 27 (48) | |
| Spontaneous | 29 (43) | 29 (52) | |
| Duration of membrane rupture | |||
| ≤18 hours | 50 (80) | 54 (96) | 0.005 |
| 18 hours | 13 (20) | 2 (4) | |
| Number of PV examination | |||
| ≤5 times | 37 (46) | 50 (62) | 0.039∗ |
| >5 times | 43 (54) | 30 (38) | |
| Duration of surgery | 0.026∗ | ||
| ≤60 minutes | 30 (38) | 44 (55) | |
| >60 minutes | 50 (62) | 36 (45) | |
| Status of labor | 0.002∗ | ||
| NIL | 8 (10) | 24 (30) | |
| ESOL/ASOL/SSOL | 72 (90) | 56 (70) | |
| Blood loss during surgery (ml) | <0.037∗ | ||
| 100-200 | 61 (83) | 71 (89) | |
| 250-400 | 19 (23) | 9 (11) |
1Chi-square test and Fisher exact test. ∗Denotes statistically significant at p < 0.05.