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Table 4 Factors associated with infection

From: Radical treatment of severe open fractures of extremities by orthoplastic surgery: a 10-year retrospective study

Variable

Noninfected fractures (n = 35) (%)

Infected fractures (n = 6) (%)

p value

Mean age (years) (range)

36 (8 to 65)

48 (31 to 77)

0.093

Male gender

25 (71.4)

6 (100)

0.0001

MESS > 7

15 (42.9)

6 (100)

0.021

Lower limb fracture

32 (91.4)

5 (83.3)

0.483

Median time to first coverage (h) (IQR)

22 (18 to 31)

21 (15.5 to 38.75)

0.592

Immediate coverage (≤ 24)

18 (51.4)

4 (66.7)

0.668

Initial antibiotic timing (h) (range)

14.7 (3 to 30)

10.3 (4 to 20)

0.139

  1. Statistically significant analyses are highlighted in bold