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Table 2 Patient profiles and operation profiles

From: Two approaches for repeat cardiac surgery

 

Sternotomy group

Thoracotomy group

P value

Age, years

45.9 ± 18.0

53.4 ± 14.8

0.004

Sex(M/F), n

75/71

16/46

0.001

Operation interval, months

136.2 ± 117.0

162.2 ± 101.4

0.13

Operation time, minutes

502 ± 169

395 ± 106

<0.001

ACC time, minutes

119 ± 60

100 ± 37

0.069

CPB time, minutes

199 ± 99

144 ± 68

<0.001

Adhesion dissection time, minutes

177 ± 67

138 ± 44

<0.001

Bleeding control time, minutes

139 ± 83

110 ± 35

0.009

Mortality rate,%(n)

6.8% (10/146)

8.1% (5/62)

0.757

Hctind,%

35.8 ± 4.6

35.8 ± 4.4

0.919

HctpreCPB,,%

33.2 ± 5.0

34.4 ± 4.7

0.103

RBC trasfusion, packs (1 pack = 400 ml)

0.5 ± 1.2

0.1 ± 0.5

0.001

Chest tube drainage(8 hrs), ml

466.2 ± 413.4

312.1 ± 199.2

<0.001

  1. Abbreviation: M, male; F, female; ACC, aortic cross clamp; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; Hctind, hematocrit just after anesthesia induction; . HctpreCPB, hematocrit just before the cardiopulmonary bypass institution; RBC, red blood cell.