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Table 3 Probability to have a post-discharge SSIs according to type of surgery performed

From: Focus on the prophylaxis, epidemiology and therapy of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections and a position paper on associated risk factors: the perspective of an Italian group of surgeons

Surgery

Ratio between post-discharge SSIs and in-hospital SSIs

Vascular surgery

0

Breast surgery

3,4

Cesarean section

2,5

Cholecistectomy

1,2

Gastric surgery

0,4

Appendectomy

0,2

Colon surgery

0,1

Hernia repair

1,4

Abdominal hysterectomy

0,6

Vaginal hysterectomy

1

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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922