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Table 4 Surgical procedures performed and patient outcomes by infection type

From: A prospective, multicenter, observational study of complicated skin and soft tissue infections in hospitalized patients: clinical characteristics, medical treatment, and outcomes

 

Overall

Diabetic foot infection

Surgical site infection

Deep soft tissue abscess

Cellulitis

(N=1,033)

(N=278)

(N=330)

(N=147)

(N=278)

Surgical procedures related to study infection: N (%)

426 (41.2)

123 (44.2)

148 (44.8)

100 (68.0)

55 (19.8)

For source control: N (%)

181 (17.5)

56 (20.1)

48 (14.5)

56 (38.1)

21 (7.6)

 Incision and drainage

117 (11.3)

25 (8.9)

29 (8.8)

47 (32.0)

16 (5.8)

 Surgical debridement

41 (3.9)

11 (3.9)

18 (5.5)

8 (5.4)

4 (1.4)

 Excision of wound

5 (0.4)

3 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.4)

 Amputation

18 (1.7)

17 (6.1)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Clinical assessment: N (%)

 Resolved/cured

82 (7.9)

22 (7.9)

15 (4.6)

12 (8.2)

33 (11.9)

 Improved

836 (80.9)

213 (76.6)

274 (83.0)

131 (89.1)

218 (78.4)

 Unchanged

32 (3.1)

10 (3.6)

13 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

9 (3.2)

 Worsened

6 (0.6)

3 (1.1)

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

 Missing

77 (7.5)

30 (10.8)

26 (7.9)

4 (2.7)

17 (6.1)

Quality of life^

 Change in EQ-5D Index at discharge: mean (median, range)

0.1 (0.1, -0.8-0.9)

0.1 (0.1, -0.8-0.9)

0.1 (0.1, -0.7-0.9)

0.2 (0.2, -0.3-0.7)

0.2 (0.1, -0.7-0.8)

 Change in EQ-VAS at discharge: mean (median, range)

11.7 (10, -93-100)

11.4 (10, -93-92)

11.5 (10, -55-90)

13.7 (10, -45-100)

11.1 (10, -50-85)

 Length of stay: mean (median, range)

7.1 (5, 1–55)

7.6 (6, 1–26)

8.1 (6, 1–55)

5.8 (5, 2–31)

6.0 (5, 1–35)

Hospital mortality: N (%)

4 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. ^Note: Quality of life scores were calculated only for a portion of the total patient population with available data (99.4% for EQ-5D Index at baseline, 89.7% for change in EQ-5D Index at discharge, 99.3% for EQ-5D VAS at baseline, and 89.5% for change in EQ-5D VAS at discharge).