Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the procedures, patients, and SSI
Total no. of procedures (from 2014 to 2018) among the 74 departments | 26,878 | Â |
 Video-assisted thoracic surgery | 21,154 |  |
 Open thoracic surgery | 5724 |  |
 Emergency surgery | 1569 |  |
Mean age | 62.1 | (0–97) |
Male sex (%) | 17,615 | (65.5) |
Incidence of SSI, N (%) | 335 | (1.25) |
Type of SSI, N (%) | ||
 Superficial incisional | 128 | (38.2) |
 Deep incisional | 45 | (13.4) |
 Organ/space | 162 | (48.4) |
Type of specimen | ||
 Superficial/deep incisional site drainage | 102 |  |
 Organ/space drainage | 97 |  |
 Sputum | 12 |  |
 Blood | 7 |  |
 Respiratory specimen | 6 |  |
 Other drainage | 2 |  |
 Tissue | 1 |  |
 Other | 3 |  |
Causative pathogens | ||
 MRSA | 64 |  |
 MSSA | 54 |  |
 Streptococcus spp. | 17 |  |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 14 |  |
 Corynebacterium spp. | 12 |  |
 CNS | 10 |  |
 Staphylococcus epidermidis | 7 |  |
 Enterococcus faecalis | 6 |  |
 Escherichia coli | 4 |  |
 Klebciella pneumoniae | 4 |  |
 Others | 26 |  |
 Polymicrobial | 30 |  |