Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 6 Data from patients with surgical site infection
Patient no. | Age | Sex | Host type | Relevant co-morbidities | Diagnosis | Type of osteosynthesis | Onset of infection (months from surgery) | Cultural examination | Other complications | Treatment | Final outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 47 | M | A | None | Weber C fibula fracture | Plate and screws | 1 | Negative | Delayed wound healing | Prolonged antibiotic treatment | No infection recurrence |
2 | 39 | M | B | Nicotine abuse | Clavicula fracture | Plate and screws | 1 | Negative | Delayed wound healing | Early plate removal and debridement | No infection recurrence |
3 | 29 | M | C | Nicotine and alcohol abuse | Ankle fracture | Plate and screws | 2 | Corynebacterium spp. | Delayed wound healing | Early plate removal and debridement | No infection recurrence |
4 | 88 | F | C | Diabetes, peripheral vasculopathy, old age | Proximal femur fracture | Plate and screws | 6 | Staph. epidermidis | Early plate removal and debridement | Infection persistence | |
5 | 90 | F | B | Diabetes, old age | Proximal femur fracture | Plate and screws | 6 | Escherichia coli | Early plate removal and debridement | No infection recurrence | |
6 | 75 | F | C | Severe rheumatoid arthritis, old age, corticosteroid therapy | Peri-prosthetic supracondilar femoral fracture | Plate and screws | 2 | MRSA | Delayed-union | Plate removal and two-stage knee revision prosthesis | No infection recurrence |