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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Anterolateral minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy for the treatment of congenital heart defects: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Study

Virgilijus Tarutis 1 2009

Virgilijus Tarutis 2 2009

Gaetano Palma 2009

Sung-Ho Jung 2009

C. H. Chang 1997

Murat Basaran 2008

Methods

case control study

case control study

case control study

case control study

case control study

case control study

No of patients

17 + 107 = 124

11 + 59 = 70

132 + 415 = 547

9 + 8 = 17

60 + 58 = 118

34 + 22 = 56

Mean age (ALMT/MS)

8.8/23.3

7.7/4.3

10.12/9.5

26.4/38.4

18.8/17.3

21.7/18.6

Sex M:F (ALMT/MS)

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

25:107/170:245

1:8/5:3

25:35/23:35

14:20/2:20

Diagnosis

ALMT:ASD (17)

ALMT: VSD (11)

ALMT: CHD (132)

ALMT: VSD (9)

ALMT: ASD (60)

ALMT: ASD (34)

(ALMT/MS)

MS: ASD(107)

MS: VSD (59)

MS: Not mentioned (415)

MS: VSD (8)

MS: not mentioned (58)

MS: ASD (22)

Operation Interventions

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomies Vs. Median Sternotomy

Outcome measures

CPB(min)

CPB(min)

CPB(min)

CPB (min)

CPB (min)

CPB (min)

 

——

ACCT(min)

ACCT(min)

ACCT(min)

——

ACCT(min)

 

Intubation time(h)

Intubation time(h)

Intubation time(h)

Intubation time(h)

Intubation time(h)

Intubation time(h)

 

hospital stay(d)

hospital stay(d)

hospital stay(d)

hospital stay(d)

hospital stay(d)

hospital stay(d)

 

ICU time (d)

ICU time (d)

——

——

ICU time (d)

ICU time (d)

  1. ACCT, aortic cross-clamp time; ALMT, Anterolateral Minithoracotomy; ASD, Atrial Septal Defect; CHD, Congenital Heart Defect; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass time; ICU, intensive care unit; MS, Median Sternotomy; VSD, Ventricular Septal Defect.