Table 3 Surgical procedures of the whole population and the subgroups with and without SSI
Surgical procedure | SSI group (n = 41) | Non-SSI group (n = 246) | Total (n = 287) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
External fixation | 26 | 63.4 | 55 | 22.6 | 81 | 28.2 |
Plate | 8 | 19.5 | 69 | 28.3 | 77 | 26.8 |
Screw | 1 | 2.4 | 28 | 11.5 | 29 | 10.1 |
Plate and screw | 3 | 7.2 | 75 | 30.8 | 78 | 27.2 |
Double plate | 3 | 7.2 | 14 | 5.7 | 17 | 5.9 |
TKA | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 08 | 2 | 0.7 |
Other | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.0 |