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Table 8 Outcomes: sternal wound complication incidence and grade and overall survival in the diabetes subgroup receiving SIMA grafts

From: Skeletonisation contributing to a reduction of sternal wound complications: a retrospective study in OPCAB patients

Variable

Non-skeletonized (n = 162)

Skeletonized (n = 85)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P

SWC incidence

20 (12.35)

6 (7.06)

0.54 (0.21;1.40)

0.204

SWC incidence (grade 1 excluded)

12 (7.41)

5 (5.88)

0.78 (0.27;2.30)

0.653

SWC grade

  

0.55 (0.21;1.42)

0.217

SWC grade (grade 1 excluded)

  

0.78 (0.27;2.29)

0.649

1

8 (4.94)

1 (1.18)

  

2

3 (1.85)

2 (2.35)

  

3

8 (4.94)

2 (2.35)

  

4

1 (0.62)

1 (1.18)

  

Overall survival (%, 95 CI)

  

0.57 (0.12;2.65)

0.469

1 month

95.98 (91.24;98.18)

100.00

  

6 months

93.71 (88.23;96.69)

97.44 (83.16;99.63)

  

12 months

93.71 (88.23;96.69)

86.61 (47.47;97.26)

  
  1. SWC sternal wound complication, CI confidence interval
  2. Values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%) if not otherwise specified
  3. P < 0.05 was considered significant