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Table 3 Relative frequency of infection occurrence in different intervals after orthopedic surgery from March 2017 to March 2018

From: Epidemiologic characteristics of orthopedic surgical site infections and under-reporting estimation of registries using capture-recapture analysis

Type of procedure (ICD9_CM)

≤ 30 (days) n (%)

31–60 days n (%)

61–90 days n (%)

> 90 days n (%)

Total

ORIF 1

48 (52.17)

20 (21.74)

6 (6.52)

18 (19.57)

92

TKA 2

13 (68.42)

3 (15.79)

1 (5.26)

2 (10.53)

19

THA 3

6 (54.55)

2 (18.18)

2 (18.18)

1 (9.09)

11

Other orthopedic procedures 4

43 (53.75)

17 (21.25)

5 (6.25)

15 (18.75)

80

Total

110 (54.46)

42 (20.79)

14 (6.93)

36 (17.82)

202 (100)

  1. 1 Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
  2. 2 Total knee arthroplasty
  3. 3 Total hip arthroplasty
  4. 4 Such as Closed Reduction and Internal Fixation, amputation, correction of deformity, and ilizarov