Table 5 Rates of in-hospital and postdischarge surgical site infections (SSIs) according to type of intervention.
From: Surgical site infections in Italian Hospitals: a prospective multicenter study
Surgical procedure | N°Postdischarge SSI/total* (n = 4,407) | In-hospital SSI/total (n = 4,665) | Posdischarge/In-hospital ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
Vascular surgery | 0/16 (0%) | 0/16 (0%) | - |
Breast surgery | 10/406 (2.4%) | 3/437 (0.7%) | 3.4 |
Cesarean section | 19/1012 (1.8%) | 8/1050 (0.7%) | 2.5 |
Cholecistectomy | 16/740 (2.1%) | 14/781 (1.8%) | 1.2 |
Gastric surgery | 5/147 (3.4%) | 15/165 (9.1%) | 0.4 |
Appendectomy | 3/221 (1.4%) | 16/238 (6.7%) | 0.2 |
Colon surgery | 6/338 (1.8%) | 58/364 (15.9%) | 0.1 |
Hernia repair | 23/1014 (2.3%) | 18/1079 (1.6%) | 1.4 |
Abdominal hysterectomy | 8/346 (2.3%) | 13/355 (3.7%) | 0.6 |
Vaginal hysterectomy | 3/162 (1.8%) | 3/171 (1.7%) | 1 |
Other genitourinary surgery | 1/5 (20%) | 0/5 (0%) | - |