Perioperative selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not improve postoperative infectious complications after gastrectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Langenbecks Arch Surg · 2026 · PMC12855432 · PMID 41571857

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.639not close (p > 0.1)

The proportion of male patients was slightly higher in the SDD group at 81.5% compared to 75.9% in the non-SDD group, although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.639).

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