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Table 3 Comparison of postoperative characteristics of patients with and without surgical site infections

From: Surgical site infection after delayed sternal closure in neonates with congenital heart disease: retrospective case-control study

  

All (n = 188)

Surgical site infection

χ2

P value

No (n = 141)

Yes (n = 47)

DSC

once

145

135 (93.1%)

10 (6.9%)

110.810

0.000

More than once

43

6 (14.0%)

37 (86.0%)

Duration of DSC

≤24 h

89

86 (96.6%)

3 (3.4%)

93.763

0.000

24 h < DSC ≤48 h

34

31 (91.2%)

3 (8.8%)

48 h < DSC ≤72 h

25

16 (64.0%)

9 (36.0%)

72 h < DSC ≤96 h

20

5 (25%)

15 (75%)

96 h < DSC ≤120 h

11

2 (18.2%)

9 (81.8%)

>120 h

9

1 (11.1%)

8 (88.9%)

ECMO

no

153

137 (89.5%)

16 (10.5)

92.695

0.000

yes

35

4 (11.4%)

31 (88.6%)

Duration of mechanical ventilation (h)

≤72 h

82

77 (93.9%)

5 (6.1%)

60.437

0.000

72 h < time ≤ 120 h

62

50 (80.6%)

12 (19.4%)

>120 h

44

14 (31.8)

30 (68.2%)

  1. ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, DSC delayed sternal closure, P < 0.05, Chi squared test