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Table 1 Antibiotic prophylaxis

From: Risk factors associated with surgical site infections after thoracic or lumbar surgery: a 6-year single centre prospective cohort study

Parameter

Unit

Total population

N=274

Control group

N=252

SSI

N=22

p value

1-Dose operation

pts

145 (52.92%)

133 (52.78%)

12 (54.55%)

 

2-Dose operation

pts

122 (44.53%)

112 (44.44%)

10 (45.45%)

0.731

3-Dose operation

pts

7 (2.55%)

7 (2.78%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Cefazolin

pts

245 (89.42%)

225 (89.29%)

20 (90.91%)

0.812

Clindamycin

pts

27 (9.85%)

25 (9.92%)

2 (9.09%)

0.900

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

pts

2 (0.73%)

2 (0.79%)

0 (0.00%)

0.675