Antibacterial-Coated Suture in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Breast Surgery: A Prospective Study

Table 2

Surgical and postoperative course.

	Group 1	Group 2	P
	n = 92 (%)	n = 98 (%)
Surgical course
Prophylactic antibiotic treatment	66 (72)	80 (82)	0.1
Operation duration med (min–max)	60 (20–220)	80 (20–220)	0.0003
NNIS score
0	66 (88)	59 (74)
1	9 (12)	20 (25)	0.07
2	0	1 (1)
Postoperative anticoagulation	64 (74)	81 (83)	0.13
Breast drainage	36 (39)	34 (35)	0.5
Axillary drainage	39 (42)	35 (36)	0.3
Compressive bandage	18 (20)	29 (30)	0.1
Breast drainage duration	3 (1–6)	3.5 (1–8)	0.3
Axillary drainage duration (days) med (range)	5 (1–9)	5 (2–7)	0.5
Postoperative course
All complications	27 (29)	26 (28)	0.8
Hematoma	4 (4)	8 (8)	0.3
Seroma	17 (18)	18 (19)	0.9
Suture material-relatedcomplications	12 (13)	8 (8)	0.3
Surgical site infections	10 (11)	6 (6)	0.2
Fever	3 (3)	2 (2)	0.6
Superficial infection	2 (2)	3 (3)	0.7
Deep infection	4 (4)	2 (2)	0.4
Discharge	6 (6)	3 (3)	0.3
Cutaneous complications	7 (8)	3 (3)	0.2
Wound dehiscence	2 (2)	0	0.14
Necroses	0	0
Wound healing delay	5 (5)	2 (2)	0.2
Allergy	0	1 (1)	0.3
Axillary bridle	1 (1)	0	0.3