Logo Medical Science Monitor

Call: +1.631.470.9640
Mon - Fri 10:00 am - 02:00 pm EST

Contact Us

Logo Medical Science Monitor Logo Medical Science Monitor Logo Medical Science Monitor

11 October 2020: Clinical Research

Prognostic Value of Surgical Site Infection in Patients After Radical Colorectal Cancer Resection

Yu Tang BEF , Ruizhi Zhang CF , Wenchang Yang BD , Wei Li AG , Kaixiong Tao AG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928054

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928054

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

VariablesSSI(−) (N=261)n (%)/mean±sdSSI(+) (N=65)n (%)/mean±sdStatisticP
Sex0.144* 0.704
 Male162 (62.1)42 (64.6)
 Female99 (37.9)23 (35.4)
Age (y)57.85±11.74961.06±11.5111.920** 0.056
BMI ≥25 kg/m0.104* 0.747
 Yes57 (21.8)52 (80.0)
 No204 (78.2)13 (20.0)
Preoperative CEA (ng/ml)7.86±17.1569.715±14.530.800** 0.424
Preoperative CA125 (ng/ml)16.00±18.95921.758±29.2481.509** 0.135
Preoperative CA199 (ng/ml)33.57±122.68063.92±176.3091.311** 0.194
Preoperative Serum albumin (g/L)40.08±4.57640.07±4.5640.007** 0.995
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/L)118.28±22.021120.23±22.6320.637** 0.525
Tumor size (cm)4.43±2.0264.44±1.7040.057** 0.955
Adjuvant chemotherapy3.239* 0.072
 Yes20 (7.7)1 (1.5)
 No241 (92.3)64 (98.5)
Operation time (hour)3.57±1.1123.72±1.0450.998** 0.319
Postoperative hospitalization dates12.53±3.63625.35±17.0446.031**
Blood transfusion0.650* 0.420
 Yes75 (28.7)22 (33.8)
 No186 (71.3)43 (66.2)
Anastomotic leakage135.364*
 Yes3 (1.1)34 (52.3)
 No258 (98.9)31 (47.7)
Preoperative obstruction0.011* 0.916
Yes74 (28.4)18 (27.7)
No187 (71.6)47 (72.3)
Lymph node involvement0.568* 0.451
 Yes122 (46.7)27 (41.5)
 No139 (53.3)38 (58.5)
ASA score0.537* 0.911
 I7 (2.7)2 (3.1)
 II171 (65.5)41 (63.1)
 III62 (23.8)15 (23.1)
 IV21 (8.0)7 (10.8)
Tumor location0.659* 0.417
 Colon142 (54.4)39 (60.0)
 Rectum119 (45.6)26 (40.0)
Operative approach3.048* 0.081
 Open90 (34.5)30 (46.2)
 Laparoscopic171 (65.5)35 (53.8)
Differentiation2.506* 0.113
 Well235 (90.0)54 (83.1)
 Poor26 (10.0)11 (16.9)
T stage4.481* 0.214
 I16 (6.1)3 (4.6)
 II28 (10.7)13 (20.0)
 III193 (73.9)45 (69.2)
 IV24 (9.2)4 (6.2)
ASA score – American Society of Anesthesiologists score; sd – standaed deviation. SSI – surgical site infection; BMI – body mass index.
* Chi-square test;
** t-test.

Your Privacy

We use cookies to ensure the functionality of our website, to personalize content and advertising, to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. If you allow us to do so, we also inform our social media, advertising and analysis partners about your use of our website, You can decise for yourself which categories you you want to deny or allow. Please note that based on your settings not all functionalities of the site are available. View our privacy policy.

Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750
Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750