Table 7: Treatment of SSIs and clinical prognosis.
Treatment SSI (%) |
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Clinical prognosis |
Maintenance and subsequent replacement |
Externalization and subsequent exchange |
EVD, withdrawal, and re-insertion with VPS later |
No system change |
Not identified |
Total |
DVP System |
33(47.82) |
12 (17.39) |
11 (15.94) |
10 (14.49) |
3 (4.34) |
69 (100) |
Prognostic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cure |
28 (84.84) |
11 (91.66) |
9 (81.81) |
10 (100) |
- |
58 (84.0) |
Treatment Change |
5 (15.16) |
1 (8.34) |
2 (18.19) |
0 |
- |
8 (16.0) |