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Table 3 Concomitant or prescribed medication details in study participants during the study period

From: Single-blind, randomized study comparing clinical equivalence of trulene and prolene polypropylene sutures in elective primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Prescribed medications

Trulene® (n = 46)

Prolene® (n = 43)

Analgesics/antiplatelet, n (%)

Aspirin

45 (97.83)

43 (100.00)

Clopidogrel

36 (78.26)

29 (67.44)

Paracetamol

32 (69.56)

31 (72.09)

Tapentedol

17 (36.96)

15 (34.88)

Aspirin + Clopidogrel

11 (23.91)

13 (30.23)

Antibiotics, n (%)

Piperacillin + Tazobactam

33 (71.74)

33 (76.74)

Levofloxacin

31 (67.39)

36 (83.72)

Cefixime

20 (43.48)

16 (37.21)

Cefuroxime

12 (26.09)

13 (30.23)