A comparison of Percutaneous femoral access in Endovascular Repair versus Open femoral access (PiERO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Wound complication rates mentioned in various studies

Studies	Surgical cutdown	Percutaneous access	Number of patients	P value	Research type
Johanning (2001) [8]	nm	0.2	489	-	retrospective
Nehler (2001) [3]	nm	0	189	-	systematic review
Eisenack (2009) [6]	nm	0	500	-	prospective
Zhong (2011) [7]	7.3	0	236	<0.01	retrospective
RIVM (2014)	6.4	nm	329	-	retrospective
Total:	6.8	0.1	1743

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