Preoperative irrigation and vacuum sealing drainage with antibiotic-containing drainage fluid of foot and ankle wounds improves outcome of reconstructive skin flap surgery

Table 1 Patient demographics and injury characteristics

	Group A	Group B
Patients [75]	31	44
Male [52]	21 (28%)	31 (41%)
Female [23]	10 (13%)	13(18%)
Mean ± SD age [years]	37.7 ± 7.3	36.5 ± 5.6
Size of the injury [cm²]	19.4 ± 5.3	21.1 ± 6.2
Mean ± SD time between injury and surgery [days]	15.8 ± 4.3	17.4 ± 6.7
Type of injury [75]
Traffic accident [39]	17 (23%)	22 (30%)
Crushing injuries from stones or machines [23]	11 (15%)	12 (16%)
Machine squeezing or twisting [10]	2 (2%)	8 (11%)
Metallurgical hot press [3]	1 (1%)	2 (2%)

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