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Table 3 The SSI rate of different surgical classifications stratified by NNIS risk index

From: The characteristics of surgical site infection with class I incision in neurosurgery

Surgical classification

Total surgical cases

(n (%))

NNIS risk index

Crude infection rate

(%)

Average risk index

NNIS risk index-adjusted SSI rate

(%)

0

1

2

Surgical cases

Infection cases

Infection rate (%)

Surgical cases

Infection cases

Infection rate (%)

Surgical cases

Infection cases

Infection rate (%)

Resection of space occupying lesions

3746 (61.96)

1289

16

1.24

2084

61

2.93

373

9

2.41

2.30

40.34

0.06

Skull/dural repair surgery

370 (6.12)

181

0

0.00

149

2

1.34

40

1

2.50

0.81

0.91

0.89

Electrical stimulation electrode replacement surgery

273 (4.52)

119

0

0.00

121

0

0.00

33

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Craniotomy evacuation of hematoma

269 (4.45)

21

0

0.00

99

0

0.00

149

2

1.34

0.74

1.11

0.67

Arterial and venous embolization

217 (3.59)

104

0

0.00

92

3

3.26

21

2

9.52

2.30

1.47

1.57

Bone graft fusion and internal fixation surgery

216 (3.57)

81

0

0.00

119

1

0.84

16

0

0.00

0.46

0.55

0.84

Lumboperitoneal/ventricular

-peritoneal shunt

145 (2.40)

83

1

1.20

58

2

3.45

4

0

0.00

2.07

1.37

1.51

Craniotomy/spinal canal decompression surgery

143 (2.37)

27

0

0.00

73

0

0.00

43

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Intraventricular trepanation and drainage surgery

133 (2.20)

41

1

2.44

84

2

2.38

8

0

0.00

2.26

1.57

1.44

Endoscopy-assisted craniotomy evacuation of hematoma

122 (2.02)

11

0

0.00

77

0

0.00

34

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Endoscopy-assisted craniotomy decompression surgery

108 (1.79)

53

0

0.00

51

0

0.00

4

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Incarceration of aneurysm

94 (1.55)

9

0

0.00

46

5

10.87

39

4

10.26

9.57

4.11

2.33

Arterio-synagiosis surgery

73 (1.21)

20

0

0.00

34

0

0.00

19

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Hybrid operation

60 (0.99)

5

0

0.00

38

6

15.79

17

1

5.88

11.67

4.08

2.86

Neurolysis surgery

34 (0.56)

19

0

0.00

14

0

0.00

1

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

/

Endoscopy-assisted resection of space occupying lesions

26 (0.43)

11

0

0.00

10

1

10.00

5

1

20.00

7.69

0.58

13.33

Internal fixation device implantation/removal surgery

17 (0.28)

13

0

0.00

4

0

0.00

0

0

/

0.00

0.00

/

In total

6046 (100)

2087

18

0.86

3153

83

2.63

806

20

2.48

2.00

52.16

0.04