Clinical Study
Surgical Site Infections in Breast Surgery: The Use of Preoperative Antibiotics for Elective, Nonreconstructive Procedures
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients in relation to antibiotic administration.
| | | Antibiotic given | value† | | | No | Yes | | | | |
| | Sex | | | 0.5029 | | Female | 390 (97%) | 445 (98%) | | | Male | 11 (3%) | 9 (2%) | | | Diabetes | | | 0.3243 | | No | 352 (88%) | 409 (90%) | | | Yes | 49 (12%) | 45 (10%) | | | Wire localization | | | <0.0001 | | No | 143 (36%) | 364 (80%) | | | Yes | 258 (64%) | 90 (20%) | | | Surface area | | | <0.0001 | | Small surface area | 324 (81%) | 119 (26%) | | | Large surface area | 77 (19%) | 335 (74%) | | | Surgeon | | | <0.0001 | | A (surgical oncology) | 65 (16%) | 108 (24%) | | | B (plastic surgery) | 3 (1%) | 188 (41%) | | | C (plastic surgery) | 7 (2%) | 79 (17%) | | | D (plastic surgery) | 5 (1%) | 0 (0%) | | | E (surgical oncology) | 321 (80%) | 79 (17%) | | | Mastopexy or reduction mammaplasty | | | <0.0001 | | No | 395 (99%) | 196 (43%) | | | Yes | 6 (1%) | 258 (57%) | | | Age, median (IQR) | 59 years (72–49) | 49 years (64–36) | <0.0001‡ | | BMI, median (IQR) | 28.3 kg/m2 (33.6–24.4) | 30.0 kg/m2 (35.2–26.1) | 0.0003‡ |
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value was derived from Fisher’s Exact test.
value was derived from Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test.
IQR: interquartile range.
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