AQUACEL® Ag Surgical Dressing Reduces Surgical Site Infection and Improves Patient Satisfaction in Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study
Table 1
Demographics of the patients.
AQUACEL Ag Surgical (study dressing)
Sofra-Tulle (control dressing)
p value
Age (years), mean ± SD
0.85
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD
0.86
Sex F/M,
85/35
91/29
0.38
ASA, (%)
0.19
I
12 (10.0)
10 (8.3)
II
65 (54.2)
53 (44.2)
III
43 (35.8)
57 (46.7)
Diabetic, (%)
23 (19.2)
18 (15.0)
0.39
Chronic kidney disease, (%)
9 (7.5)
11 (9.2)
0.64
Cardiovascular, (%)
17 (14.2)
14 (11.7)
0.56
SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; F: female; M: male; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.
