Sutureless technique versus conventional surgery in the primary treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 Post-operative death of included studies

Study	Post-operative death(n)
Gao [8]	NA^a
Cui [9]	1 SVC thrombosis; 1 LCOS; 8 PVO
Shi [10]	10 LCOS; 10 PAH; 5 respiratory failure; 4 MODS; 1 intracranial hemorrhage; 1 sepsis; 10 PVO; 4 death with unknown causes; 2 none-cardiac death; 4 failed to recover from bypass
Yamashita [11]	3 PVO; 1 bleeding
Yanagawa [12]	1 none-cardiac death; 1 PVO
Honjo [13]	2 sudden cardiac arrest; 2 PVO; 1 LCOS
Lo Rito [14]	4 LCOS; 3 refractory arrhythmia; 3 PAH; 1 PE; 1 sepsis; 4 PVO; 5 comorbidities without evidence of PVO

^a Only the numbers of death was available and the details of post-operative death were absent
SVC superior vena cava, LCOS Low cardiac output syndrome, PVO Pulmonary vein obstruction, PAH Pulmonary artery hypertension, MODS Multiple organs dysfunction syndrome, PE Pulmonary artery embolism, NA Not available

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