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Table 4 Post-operative complications and outcome

From: Initial experience with a synthetic sealant PleuraSeal™ after pulmonary resections: a prospective study with retrospective case matched controls

Variablea

Overall

PleuraSeal™ Group

Control Group

p-valueb

 

40

20

20

 

Duration of chest tube (d) c, mean (SD)

Ventral chest tube removal (air leak)

2.1 (1.2)

3.9 (3.3)

0.03

Dorsal chest tube removal (drainage)

5.1 (4.0)

5.2 (3.4)

0.94

Chest tube on suction (h) cmean (SD)

22.9 (1.8)

49.7 (28.2)

<0.001

Limiting factor for chest tube removal

Air leakage

8 (20%)

1 (5%)

7 (35%)

0.04

Drainage

32 (80%)

19 (95%)

13 (65%)

0.94

Total # of postoperative complications d

21 (52.5%)

10 (50%)

11 (55%)

1.000

Bronchogenic fistula

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

 

Chylothorax

3 (7.5%)

2 (10%)

1 (5%)

 

Pneumonia

6 (15%)

4 (20%)

2 (10%)

 

Mechanical Ventilation/ARDS

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

 

Tachyarrhythmia absoluta

5 (12.5%)

3 (15%)

2 (10%)

 

Postoperative severe pain

4 (10%)

1 (5%)

3 (15%)

 

Otherse

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

 

Length of stay(days) c

Potential hospitalization

8.2 (4.6)

10.3 (5.5)

0.205

Actual hospitalization

9.9 (3.7)

11.7 (4.4)

0.178

  1. aNumbers in percentage were rounded up were indicated.
  2. bContinuous variables were compared between groups by Students' T-test. Categoric variables were assessed by two-tailed Pearson's Chi square test.
  3. cData shown as mean with standard deviation (SD)
  4. d# total number of events
  5. eOther complications: acute esophagitis.