Table 1 Patients’ characteristics according to infection or non-infection in the study
From: Is there a relationship between wound infections and laceration closure times?
Characters | Number of infection | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | P-values* | ||
Age | [median (mean ± SD)] | 34.0 (34.6 ± 9.6) | 34.0 (38.0 ± 15.1) | 0.73** |
Race | ||||
African American | 1 (10%) | 94 (32.8%) | 0.0005 | |
Hispanic | 7 (70%) | 188 (65.5%) | ||
White | 2 (20%) | 5 (1.7%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 8 (80%) | 216 (75.3%) | 0.73 | |
Female | 2 (20%) | 71 (24.7%) | ||
Location | ||||
Scalp | 0 (0%) | 26 (9.1%) | 0.33 | |
Face | 1 (10%) | 83 (28.9%) | ||
Trunk | 0 (0%) | 6 (2.1%) | ||
Extremity | 4 (40%) | 56 (19.5%) | ||
Hand | 5 (50%) | 116 (40.4%) | ||
Mechanism | ||||
Sharp | 9 (90%) | 242 (84.3%) | 0.62 | |
Crush | 1 (10%) | 45 (15.7%) | ||
Co-morbidities | ||||
None | 7 (70%) | 257 (89.5%) | 0.15 | |
Diabetes | 1 (10%) | 9 (3.2%) | ||
Immunocompromised | 0 (0%) | 5 (1.7%) | ||
Other | 2 (20%) | 16 (5.6%) | ||
Anesthesia | ||||
Lidocaine 1% | 7 (70%) | 239 (83.3%) | 0.54 | |
Lidocaine with epinephrine | 1 (10%) | 16 (5.6%) | ||
Digital block | 2 (20%) | 32 (11.1%) | ||
Suture | ||||
0 = Nonabsorbable only | 10 (100%) | 256 (89.2%) | 0.54 | |
1 = Absorbable | 0 (0%) | 7 (2.4%) | ||
2 = Staples | 0 (0%) | 24 (8.4%) | ||