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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 5 Postoperative data at the latest follow-up

From: Fast-resorbable antibiotic-loaded hydrogel coating to reduce post-surgical infection after internal osteosynthesis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

 

Controls (N = 127)

%

Treated (N = 126)

%

P

Follow-up (months)

 Mean ± SD

18.1 ± 5.2

 

18.1 ± 3.5

 

1.0

 Min–max

12–30

 

12–26

  

SF-12-physical score

 Mean ± SD

46 ± 11.8

 

49.3 ± 9.7

  

SF-12-mental score

 Mean ± SD

54.4 ± 9.5

 

52.4 ± 10.6

  

SF-12-total score

 Mean ± SD

101.7 ± 15.4

 

100.5 ± 14.2

 

0.51

Complications

 Surgical site infection

6

4.7

0

0.0

0.03

 Delayed wound healing

7

5.5

5

3.9

0.76

 Delayed union

5

3.9

2

1.6

0.44