Table 3 Complications and duration of hospital stay in conventional and novel groups
Group | Cases (n) | LB formation n (%) | Overall wound infection n (%) | Wound infection n (%) | Duration of hospital stay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Superficial | Deep | |||||
Conventional | 27 | 9 (27.3%) | 10 (30.3) | 9 (27.2%) | 1 (3.0%) | 14.39 ± 4.55 |
Novel | 26 | 1 (3.7%) | 7 (25.9%) | 5 (18.5) | 2 (7.4%) | 11.04 ± 3.47 |
t value | 3.155 | |||||
X2 | 4.364 | 0.140 | 0.636 | 0.032 | ||
P value | 0.037 | 0.708 | 0.425 | 0.858 | 0.003 | |