Table 3 Distribution of operation related characteristics among women who underwent C/S in Ayder referral hospital, Mekelle, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2016 (N= 206)
Variables | Category | SSI | Total (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YES | NO | |||||
N % | N | % | ||||
Type of c/s | Elective | 0 | (0.0%) | 13 | (100.0%) | 13(6.3%) |
Non elective | 24 | (12.4%) | 169 | (87.6%) | 193(93.7%) | |
Type of incision | Longitudinal | 0 | (0.0%) | 3 | (100.0%) | 3(1.5%) |
Transverse | 24 | (11.65%) | 179 | (86.89%) | 203(98.5%) | |
Time taken for operation | <30 | 0 | (0.0%) | 2 | (100.0%) | 2(1%) |
30–60 | 19 | (9.8%) | 174 | (90.2%) | 93(93.7%) | |
>60 | 5 | (45.5%) | 6 | (54.5%) | 11(5.3%) | |
Amount of blood loss | <1000 | 20 | (10.4%) | 172 | (89.6%) | 192(93.2%) |
≥1000 | 4 | (28.6%) | 10 | (71.4%) | 14(6.8%) | |
Length of stay | ≤7 | 18 | (9.4%) | 173 | (90.6%) | 191(92.7%) |
>7 | 6 | (40.0%) | 9 | (60.0%) | 15(7.3%) | |