Table 5 Data on the follow-up time, SSI rates, time of SSI diagnosis, and antimicrobial administration protocol in different groups of procedures
Surgical procedure | Dogs with follow-up information (n) | Follow-up time mean (range) (days) | SSIa diagnosed n (%) | Time of SSI diagnosis mean (range) (days) | Antimicrobial administration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n) | No (n) | ||||||
All | 363 | 464 (3–2600) | 23 (6.3) | 68 (4–522) | 337 | 26 | |
Fracture stabilization | 93 | 476 (3–2600) | 6 (6.5) | 30 (4–82) | 87 | 6 | |
Cranial cruciate ligament repair | TPLOb | 65 | 588 (12–1859) | 5 (7.7) | 235 (15–522) | 56 | 9 |
Extracapsular stabilization | 19 | 395 (11–2594) | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |
Patellar luxation repair | 56 | 425 (11–2147) | 3 (5.4) | 13 (12–15) | 51 | 5 | |
Hemilaminectomy and laminectomy | 48 | 393 (5–2051) | 2 (4.2) | 7 (7) | 48 | 0 | |
Arthroscopy | 34 | 515 (11–2201) | 4 (11.8) | 13 (11–16) | 31 | 3 | |
Ulnar ostectomy | 17 | 336 (30–963) | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
Arthrodesis | 12 | 288 (40–1031) | 3 (25) | 32 (5–71) | 12 | 0 | |
Femoral head and neck excision | 10 | 562 (14–2041) | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |
Arthrotomy | 6 | 592 (58–1594) | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
Coxofemoral luxation repair | 3 | 219 (12–397) | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |