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Table 3 The comparison of preoperative and intraoperative data between the successful and failed patients in the sinus tract group

From: Comparison of the success rate after debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) for periprosthetic joint infection among patients with or without a sinus tract

Variables

Success

(n = 33)

Failure

(n = 19)

P-Value

Age, yrs. (mean ± SD)

62.76 ± 14.03

53.74 ± 20.19

0.096a

Male, n (%)

15 (45.5%)

11 (57.9%)

0.746b

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

25.43 ± 5.78

27.79 ± 5.17

0.148a

Median CCI, (IQR)

3 (2,4)

2 (1,4)

0.224c

Joint (Hip), n (%)

9 (27.3%)

8 (42.1%)

0.272b

Revision, n (%)

7 (21.2%)

5 (26.3%)

0.937d

PJI type, n (%)

  

0.490b

Early PJI

6 (18.2%)

5 (26.3%)

 

Acute hematogenous PJI

12 (36.4%)

4 (21.1%)

Chronic PJI

15 (45.5%)

10 (52.6%)

Culture positive, n (%)

24 (72.7%)

12 (63.2%)

0.472b

Modular exchange, n (%)

25 (75.8%)

9 (47.4%)

0.038b

Topic antibiotics, n (%)

4 (12.1%)

5 (26.3%)

0.356d

  1. SD: Standard deviation; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; IQR: Interquartile range; PJI: Periprosthetic joint infection; a Student’s T-test; b Chi-squared test; c Mann–Whitney U test; d Continuity correction