Wound status | Impervious wound edge protector | No protector | RRR (95% CI) | NNT (CI) |
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§Abbreviations defined in glossary; RRR, NNT, and CI calculated from data in article. | ||||
All wounds | 14% | 30% | 54%(30 to 71) | 7(4 to 13) |
Clean contaminated wounds | 7% | 13% | 45%(−16 to 74) | Not significant |
Contaminated wounds | 24% | 67% | 64%(33 to 81) | 3(2 to 6) |
Dirty wounds | 75% | 94% | 21%(−9 to 57) | Not significant |