Clinical Study
Antibacterial-Coated Suture in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Breast Surgery: A Prospective Study
Table 2
Surgical and postoperative course.
| | Group 1
| Group 2
| P | | n = 92 (%) | n = 98 (%) |
| Surgical course |
| Prophylactic antibiotic treatment | 66 (72) | 80 (82) | 0.1 | Operation duration med (min–max) | 60 (20–220) | 80 (20–220) | 0.0003 | NNIS score | | | | 0 | 66 (88) | 59 (74) | | 1 | 9 (12) | 20 (25) | 0.07 | 2 | 0 | 1 (1) | | Postoperative anticoagulation | 64 (74) | 81 (83) | 0.13 | Breast drainage | 36 (39) | 34 (35) | 0.5 | Axillary drainage | 39 (42) | 35 (36) | 0.3 | Compressive bandage | 18 (20) | 29 (30) | 0.1 | Breast drainage duration | 3 (1–6) | 3.5 (1–8) | 0.3 | Axillary drainage duration (days) med (range) | 5 (1–9) | 5 (2–7) | 0.5 |
| Postoperative course |
| All complications | 27 (29) | 26 (28) | 0.8 | Hematoma | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 0.3 | Seroma | 17 (18) | 18 (19) | 0.9 | Suture material-relatedcomplications | 12 (13) | 8 (8) | 0.3 | Surgical site infections | 10 (11) | 6 (6) | 0.2 | Fever | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 0.6 | Superficial infection | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 0.7 | Deep infection | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | 0.4 | Discharge | 6 (6) | 3 (3) | 0.3 | Cutaneous complications | 7 (8) | 3 (3) | 0.2 | Wound dehiscence | 2 (2) | 0 | 0.14 | Necroses | 0 | 0 | | Wound healing delay | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 0.2 | Allergy | 0 | 1 (1) | 0.3 | Axillary bridle | 1 (1) | 0 | 0.3 |
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