Research Article
Predictive Factors of Surgical Site Infection in Prosthetic Joint Surgery: A Prospective Study on 760 Arthroplasties
Table 1
Demographics and clinical variables for controls and cases.
| | Group A () | Group B () |
| | Sex (female; , %) | 478 (65) | 18 (72) | | Age () | | | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | Diabetes (%) | 13.3 | 9.0 | | Number of operators | | | | 2 | 29.0 | 24.0 | | 3 | 56.0 | 56.0 | | 4 | 14.7 | 20.0 | | 5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | | Prosthesis type (%) | | | | Hip | 42.8 | 40.0 | | Knee | 56.7 | 60.0 | | Shoulder | 0.5 | 0.0 | | Cemented (yes, %) | 57.8 | 60.0 | | Antibiotic (%) | | | | Cefazolin | 94.0 | 92.0 | | Vancomycin | 6.0 | 8.0 | | ASA score () | | | | Duration of surgery (minutes; ) | | | | Steroid drugs (%) | 4.4 | 4.0 | | Anticoagulant therapy (%) | 31.2 | 31.8 | | Hospitalization (days, ) | | | | Type of suture (%) | | | | Clip | 14.7 | 20.0 | | Absorbable stitches | 85.3 | 80.0 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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