Research Article
[Retracted] Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Postsurgical Infection in c-TACE and DEB-TACE High-Risk Patients: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Population and baseline characteristics.
| | Baseline characteristics | Preventive medication group | Nonpreventive medication group | P-value |
| | Numbers | 72 | 70 | | | Age (years) | 61.43 ± 9.805 | 60.19 ± 8.742 | 0.426 | | Sex (male/female) | 54/18 | 59/11 | 0.170 | | Diabetes history (yes/no) | 9/63 | 4/66 | 0.161 | | History of biliary surgery (yes/no) | 6/66 | 8/62 | 0.536 | | Gallstone (yes/no) | 12/60 | 8/62 | 0.370 | | Operation mode (c-tace/deb-tace) | 60/12 | 53/17 | 0.260 | | Number of TACE (n) | | | 0.691 | | First time | 33 | 29 | | | Second time | 19 | 22 | | | Third time | 10 | 6 | | | Fourth time | 2 | 6 | | | Fifth time | 4 | 3 | | | Sixth time | 1 | 1 | | | Seventh time | 1 | 1 | | | Ninth time | 1 | 1 | | | Tenth time | 1 | 0 | | | Eleventh time | 0 | 1 | | | Preoperative albumin value (g/L) | 34.654 ± 5.0938 | 34.817 ± 4.4169 | 0.839 | | Preoperative leukocyte count (109/L) | 5.193 ± 2.2486 | 5.268 ± 1.8230 | 0.831 |
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