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Table 4 Comparison of short-term outcomes in patients with and without organ-space SSI

From: Risk factors for organ-space surgical site infections after minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Factor

Non organ-space SSI

Organ-space SSI

p-value

N

1178

 

126

  

Anastomotic bleedinga

    

0.002

 No

1110

(94.2%)

116

(92.1%)

 

 Yes

6

(0.5%)

5

(4.0%)

 

Wound infection

    

1.00

 No

1168

(99.2%)

125

(99.2%)

 

 Yes

10

(0.8%)

1

(0.8%)

 

Pneumonia

    

0.004

 No

1142

(96.9%)

115

(91.3%)

 

 Yes

36

(3.1%)

11

(8.7%)

 

Chylous ascite

    

0.31

 No

1134

(96.3%)

124

(98.4%)

 

 Yes

44

(3.7%)

2

(1.6%)

 

Early postoperative small bowel obstruction

  

0.022

 No

1170

(99.3%)

122

(96.8%)

 

 Yes

8

(0.7%)

4

(3.2%)

 

Duration of hospitalization, days

7

(6, 10)

20

(14, 26)

< 0.001

  1. SSI, surgical site infections
  2. aData were obtained from 1237 patients
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BMC Gastroenterology

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