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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors for treatment failure in organ-space SSI-CRAN

From: Risk factors for surgical site infection after craniotomy: a prospective cohort study

Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors for developing SSI-CRAN

 

UNIVARIATE

MULTIVARIATE

 

Non SSI-CRAN (n = 504)

SSI-CRAN (n = 91)

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Male, n (%)

232

(46)

42

(46.2)

1

0.86

0.52–1.43

0.57

Mean age, years (SD)

53.1

(14.3)

51.4

(15.3)

0.26

0.99

0.97–1.01

0.33

  > 65 years (%)

129

(25.6)

19

(20.9)

0.36

   

Urgent surgery, n (%)

66

(13.1)

13

(14.3)

0.74

   

Reason for surgery:

Intrinsic tumour, n (%)

203

(40.3)

31

(34.1)

0.29

   

Extrinsic tumour, n (%)

97

(19.2)

26

(28.6)

0.05

1.71

0.91–3.24

0.09

Epilepsy, n (%)

23

(4.6)

0

(0)

0.03

0

0

0.99

Vascular, n (%)

130

(25.8)

22

(24.2)

0.79

   

Trauma, n (%)

14

(2.8)

3

(3.3)

0.73

   

Others, n (%)

37

(7.3)

9

(9.9)

0.39

   

Surgical site:

Supratentorial, n (%)

386

(76.6)

63

(69.2)

0.15

   

Infratentorial, n (%)

49

(9.7)

13

(14.3)

0.19

   

Retromastoid, n (%)

69

(13.7)

15

(27.5)

0.51

   

Duration of surgery, minutes (SD)

255.2

(99.6)

265.9

(111.4)

0.65

   

  > P75a, n (%)

124

(24.6)

28

(30.8)

0.57

   

Mean hospital stay, median (range)

7

(5–13)

7

(5–31)

0.59

   

CHARLSON, mean (SD)

3.14

(2.3)

3.03

(2.2)

0.70

0.90

0.78–1.05

0.20

  < 3, n (%)

245

(48.6)

47

(51.6)

0.65

   

3–5, n (%)

184

(36.5)

30

(33)

0.55

   

6–8, n (%)

56

(11.1)

13

(14.3)

0.38

   

  > 9, n (%)

19

(3.8)

1

(1.1)

0.34

   

ASAb, mean (SD)

2.3

(0.7)

2.4

(0.8)

0.08

   

ASA > 2, n (%)

179

(35.5)

44

(48.4)

0.025

2.26

1.32–3.87

0.003

NNISc, mean (SD)

0.9

(0.7)

1

(0.7)

0.24

   

NNIS I-II, n (%)

372

(73.8)

69

(75.8)

0.79

   

Antibiotic prophylaxis:

Appropriate, n (%)

432

(85.7)

80

(87.9)

0.74

   

Inappropriate, n (%)

59

(11.7)

11

(12.1)

0.86

   

Non registered, n (%)

13

(2.6)

0

(0)

0.23

   

Metal plates, n (%)

465

(92.3)

78

(85.7)

0.06

1.8

0.84–3.87

0.13

Use of steroids/chemotherapy, n (%)

369

(73.2)

70

(76.9)

0.52

   

Re-intervention, n (%)

97

(19.2)

61

(67)

< 0.001

8.93

5.33–14.96

< 0.001

ICPd sensor, n (%)

30

(6)

6

(6.6)

0.81

   

CSFe leak, n (%)

7

(1.4)

4

(4.4)

0.72

0.85

0.21–3.44

0.82

Mortality 30d post surgery, n (%)

31

(6.2)

2

(2.2)

0.21

   
  1. a > 75 percentile of duration of surgery
  2. bAmerican Society of Anaesthesiologists
  3. cNational Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System
  4. dIntracranial pressure
  5. eCerebrospinal fluid