Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Serious complications secondary to SSI
Main author and year | Total number of eligible participants | Case group (ATB) | Control group (PL/∅) | Serious complications secondary to SSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number | Events (SSI) | Total number | Events (SSI) | |||
Bykowski MR (2011) [16] | 8850 | 2755 | 15 | 6095 | 16 | Eight patients required a new surgical approach to treat SSI |
Bäcker HC (2021) [15] | 434 | 177 | 1 | 257 | 1 | One patient required a new surgical approach to treat SSI |
Harness NG (2010) [4] | 2336 | 1419 | 5 | 917 | 6 | Ten patients required a new surgical approach to treat SSI; of these, one required two surgical procedures for cleaning and debridement; one case was considered deep infection (organ/cavity) in the case group and three in the control group |
Mehta S (2022) [19] | 770 | 491 | 19 | 279 | 9 | None |
Tosti R (2012) [20] | 600 | 212 | 1 | 388 | 3 | None |
Vasconcelos C (2017) [21] | 346 | 180 | 2 | 166 | 2 | None |
Zheng A (2022) [23] | 919 | 623 | 17 | 296 | 7 | Five patients required a new surgical approach and/or hospitalization to treat SSI, three in the case group and two in the control group |
Total | 14,255 | 5857 | 60 | 8398 | 44 | 24 |