Effect of pocket irrigation with antimicrobial on prevention of pacemaker pocket infection: a meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

Study	Location	Study design	Gender (n, male)	Agent	Follow-up period	Samle size	Treatment	Control
Study	Location	Study design	Gender (n, male)	Agent	Follow-up period	Samle size	Infection/Total	Infection/Total
Lu et al. 2003 [28]	China	Prosepctive	72	3rd cephalosporin	7 years	118	0/61	0/57
Guo et al. 2005 [27]	China	Prosepctive	101	Cefazolin	2 years	178	2/90	0/88
Lakkireddy et al. 2005 [16]	America	Retrospective	1718	Povidone-iodine	8 years	2564	10/1359	8/1205
Xia et al. 2007 [29]	China	Prosepctive	66	Gentamicin	3 years	122	1/63	1/59
Zhou et al. 2010 [32]	China	Prosepctive	155	Cefoperazone/ Tazobactam	1 month	268	2/84	9/84
Wang et al. 2015 [17]	China	Prosepctive	70	Cefazolin	>4 weeks	116	2/58	8/58
Yang 2015 [30]	China	Retrospective	931	Amikacin/ Gentamicin	7 years	1572	15/1133	16/439
Zhang et al. 2016 [31]	China	Prosepctive	77	Cefatriaxone	6 months	146	5/73	21/73
Lakshmanadoss et al. 2016 [33]	America	Retrospective	134	Clindamycin phosphate	1 year	327	2/118	2/209
Chen et al. 2017 [26]	China	Prosepctive	95	Azithromycin	1 year	156	7/78	17/78

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