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Table 2 Complication rates in patients undergoing surgery with skeletonized conduits

From: Skeletonization of radial and gastroepiploic conduits in coronary artery bypass surgery

Complications

RA

[n = 464 (%)]

GEA

[n = 482 (%)]

Total

[n = 946 (%)]

Not Recorded

424 (91)

438 (91)

862 (91)

Post operative MI

7 (1.5)

1 (0.21)

8 (0.85)

Arrhythmia

2 (0.4)

35 (8)

37 (3.9)

CVA

13 (2.8)

1 (0.2)

14 (1.7)

Re-exploration for bleeding

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

4 (0.42)

Mediastinitis

6 (1.2)

0

6 (0.63)

In hospital death

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

4 (0.42)

Respiratory failure

10 (2.1)

1 (0.1)

11 (1.1)

  1. Conduit: RA = Radial Artery, GEA = Gastroepiploic Artery, N = Number
  2. Complications: CVA = Cerebro-vascular Accident, MI = Myocardial Infarction