Clinical Study
Incisional Surgical Site Infection after Elective Open Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
Table 1
Patient characteriscics.
| Characteristic | Total number | Incisional SSI | % | value |
| Age | | | 0.995 | <65 | 90 | 14.4 | | 65–74 | 74 | 14.9 | | ≥75 | 60 | 15.0 | | Gender | | | 0.209 | Male | 120 | 17.5 | | Female | 104 | 11.5 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.381 | <25 | 182 | 13.7 | | ≥25 | 42 | 19.1 | | Comorbidities* | | | | Diabetes mellitus | 36 | 16.7 | 0.721 | Cardiovascular disease | 42 | 14.3 | 0.927 | Obstructive pulmonary disease | 32 | 9.4 | 0.356 | Prior laparotomy | 94 | 12.8 | 0.480 | Current smoking | 52 | 13.5 | 0.768 | Preoperative albumin (g/dL) | | | 0.846 | <3.5 | 12 | 16.7 | | ≥3.5 | 212 | 14.6 | | Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL) | | | 0.422 | <10 | 38 | 10.5 | | ≥10 | 186 | 16.0 | | ASA score | | | 0.087 | 1, 2 | 186 | 12.9 | | 3 | 38 | 23.7 | | Loss of 10% body weight | | | 0.264 | Presence | 7 | 0.0 | | Absence | 217 | 15.2 | | TNM stage | | | 0.058 | I and II | 115 | 10.4 | | III and IV | 108 | 19.4 | |
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ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.
*Comparison between presence and absence of each medical illness.
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