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Table 2 Postoperative Outcomes

From: Contemporary outcomes after pericardial window surgery: impact of operative technique

Outcome

Subxiphoid (N = 127)

Thoracotomy (N = 52)

P Value

Time to extubation, hours

3.6 ± 10.1

12.9 ± 21.9

0.002

Intravenous morphine equivalents (48 h)

32.4 ± 40.5

78.3 ± 73.0

0.0001

Hospital length of stay, days

11.0 ± 7.5

11.1 ± 9.5

0.91

Postoperative pericardial effusion (moderate or large)

12 (9.4 %)

0 %

0.02

Repeat pericardial window

5 (3.9 %)

0 %

0.15

Perioperative death

9 (7.1 %)

4 (7.7 %)

1.00