Table 2.
The effect of ALCs and the susceptibility to implanted antibiotics on recurrence of infection.
| Characteristics | n | Recurrence of Infection n (%) |
HR | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
| Antibiotic loaded carrier used (all time points) | 433 | ||||
| Yes | 251 | 25 (10.0) | 226 (90.0) | 0.48 | 0.29–0.81 * |
| No | 182 | 34 (18.7) | 148 (81.3) | ||
| Susceptible to local antibiotics | 244 | ||||
| Yes | 16 (9.0) | 162 (91.0) | 0.75 | 0.32–1.74 | |
| No | 8 (12.1) | 58 (87.9) | |||
| Antibiotic-loaded carrier bioabsorbable | 251 | ||||
| Yes | 16 (7.5) | 197 (92.5) | - | - | |
| No | 9 (23.7) | 29 (76.3) | |||
HR: hazard ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, * unadjusted survival analysis.