Research Article

Influence of Enhanced Recovery Pathway on Surgical Site Infection after Colonic Surgery

Table 2

Surgical details.

All patients () (%)SSI () (%)No SSI () (%)

Procedure
Left colectomy46 (12)7 (13)39 (11)0.519
Sigmoid resection140 (35)17 (32)123 (36)
Right colectomy135 (34)21 (39)114 (33)
Total colectomy28 (7)5 (9)23 (7)
Hartmann reversal39 (10)4 (7)35 (10)
Other9 (2)09 (3)
Minimally invasive surgery270 (68)22 (41)248 (72)<0.001
Emergency118 (30)27 (50)91 (27)<0.001
Operating time > 3 hours186 (47)28 (52)158 (46)0.465
New stoma
No340 (86)50 (92)290 (85)0.293
Ileostomy28 (7)2 (4)26 (7)
Colostomy29 (7)2 (4)27 (8)
Anastomotic technique
Hand-sewn74 (18)10 (19)64 (19)0.73
Circular staplers177 (45)21 (39)156 (46)
Linear staplers103 (26)18 (33)85 (25)
Other/no anastomosis43 (11)5 (9)38 (8)
Contamination class (assessed by surgeon)
II351 (88)50 (92)301 (88)0.312
III-IV46 (12)4 (8)42 (12)
Wound class (assessed by surveillance committee)
II187 (47)19 (35)168 (49)0.015
III-IV210 (53)35 (65)175 (51)
Antibiotic administration
<1 hour before incision281 (71)34 (63)247 (72)0.174
NNIS score
074 (19)7 (13)67 (20)0.059
1145 (37)15 (28)130 (38)
2138 (35)22 (41)116 (34)
340 (10)10 (19)30 (9)

SSI: surgical site infection; Contamination/wound class: II—clean contaminated, III—contaminated, IV—infectious; NNIS: National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance. Significant values are indicated in bold characters.