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Table 6 Surgical variables (median; 25-75%-ile) relating to procedure difficulty compared between low and high score patient subgroups

From: A novel anatomic severity grading score for acute Type B aortic dissections and correlation to aortic reinterventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

 

Low score (N = 22)

High score (N = 8)

P-value

Procedure time (min)

95 (78-159)

164 (101-235)

0.083

Blood loss (mL)

100 (100-163)

200 (175-525)

0.038

Contrast volume (mL)

172.4 (97.5-200)

149 (69.5-275)

1.000

Fluoroscopy time (min)

16.6 (11.6-22.5)

36.0 (32.6-44.6)

0.022