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Table 3 Surgical characteristics

From: Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis use in elective orthopaedic surgery – a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristics

SAP (N = 1137)

PSAP (N = 155)

P-Value

OR (95% CI)

Foreign material

  

< 0.001

 

 Prosthetic surgery

517 (45%)

96 (62%)

 

3.57 (1.92 to 6.64)

 Metal or non-absorbable synthetic material

389 (34%)

47 (30%)

 

2.33 (1.21 to 4.48)

 No foreign material

231 (20%)

12 (7.7%)

 

Reference

Surgeon ≥50 operations

  

< 0.001

 

 A

183 (16%)

4 (2.6%)

 

0.19 (0.05 to 0.68)

 B

125 (11%)

2 (1.3%)

 

0.14 (0.03 to 0.70)

 C

179 (16%)

7 (4.5%)

 

0.33 (0.11 to 1.03)

 D

87 (7.7%)

51 (33%)

 

4.98 (2.00 to 12.4)

 E

126 (11%)

19 (12%)

 

1.28 (0.48 to 3.39)

 F

123 (11%)

7 (4.5%)

 

0.48 (0.15 to 1.51)

 G

49 (4.3%)

16 (10%)

 

2.78 (1.00 to 7.67)

 H

59 (5.2%)

0 (0.0%)

 

0.00 (0.00 to 0.45)

 I

51 (4.5%)

6 (3.9%)

 

Reference

Duration of operation (minutes)

68 (41)

87 (45)

< 0.001

1.01 (1.01 to 1.01)

Type of anesthesiaa

 ITN (intubation anesthesia)

449 (39%)

51 (33%)

0.13

0.75 (0.53 to 1.07)

 SPA (spinal anesthesia)

557 (49%)

90 (58%)

0.040

1.44 (1.03 to 2.02)

 LMA (larynx mask anesthesia)

76 (6.7%)

9 (5.8%)

0.86

0.86 (0.42 to 1.75)

 Regional anesthesia

64 (5.6%)

9 (5.8%)

0.85

1.03 (0.50 to 2.12)

 Others

20 (1.8%)

0 (0.00%)

0.16

0.00 (0.00 to 1.39)

  1. Numbers are shown as mean (sd) or n (%)
  2. aType of anesthesia: multiple selection possible