Table 1 Patients’ characteristics, procedural characteristics, and etiology
Patient characteristics | n (%) or mean ± SD |
|---|---|
Gender | 42 (49.4, female), 43 (50.6, male) |
Mean age (years) | 57.5 ± 21.2 |
Location right side | 44 (51.8) |
Duration of hospitalisation (days) | 7.32 ± 4.7 |
Type of anaesthesia | |
Local anaesthesia | 39 (45.9) |
General anaesthesia | 46 (54.1) |
Type of procedure | |
Surgical incision | 79 (92.9) |
Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration | 6 (7.1) |
Insertion of wound drain | 77 (97.5% of surgically treated patients) |
Drain duration (days) | 3.3 ± 1.7 |
Immunosuppression | 12 (14.1) |
Diabetes mellitus | 7 (8.2) |
Immonosuppressants | 3 (3.5) |
HIV | 1 (1.2) |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 1 (1.2) |