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Table 2 Results of the included studies per review outcome

From: The role of saline irrigation prior to wound closure in the reduction of surgical site infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Primary outcome

Secondary outcomes

Study

SSI rate (IG vs CG)

Relative risk (confidence interval)

p value

Mean hospital LOS (IG vs CG)

p value

Cervantes-Sanchez 2000 [29]

17.6% (8.6 vs 25.0%)*

0.34 (0.13 to 0.61)

0.0006

n.r.

n.r.

Al-Ramahi 2006 [30]

10.2% (10.6 vs 9.8%)

1.08 (n.r.)

n.r.

4.4 vs 4 days

n.r.

Güngördük 2010 [31]

6.9% (6.5 vs 7.3%)

0.88 (0.45 to 1.74)

0.86

2.04 vs 2.05 days

0.67

Aslan Cetin 2018 [32]

13.5% (14.3 vs 12.8%)

1.12 (n.r.)

0.762

n.r.

n.r.

  1. Abbreviations: CG control group, IG intervention group, LOS length of stay, n.r. not reported
  2. * indicates statistical significance defined as p > 0.05