Table 4 Treatment characteristics and outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infection patients undergoing surgery

Surgical treatment

 Time from surgical consult to surgery in hours^a, median (IQR)

7 (4–31)

 Operative time of initial surgery in minutes^a, median (IQR)

59 (35–90)

 Time in operating room for initial surgery in minutes^b, median (IQR)

90 (64–121)

 Amputation performed, n (%)

21 (13)^c

  Amputation during initial surgery

13 (62)

 Skin sparing operating technique utilized, n (%)

33 (21)

 Intra-operative assessed frozen section and/or Gram stain, n (%)

36 (23)

  Frozen section, n (%)

22 (14)

  Gram stain, n (%)

24 (15)

 Number of surgeries for NSTI within first 30 days^d, median (IQR)

3 (2–5)

 Days from initial surgery to definitive wound closure in days^d, median (IQR)

25 (10–56)

Postoperative phase

 Admitted to ICU, n (%)

110 (67)

  Length of ICU stay in days^e, median (IQR)

4 (2–10)

 Length of hospital stay in days^d, median (IQR)

24 (15–42)

 Major infectious complication during hospital course, n (%)

  Sepsis

88 (55)

  Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

14 (9)

 Deceased within 30 days after presentation, n (%)

22 (14)

  Days from initial surgery to death in days, median (IQR)

2 (1–6)

  Cause of death, n (%)

   Sepsis

11 (50)

   Withdrawal of care

10 (45)

   Complication

1 (5)