Skip to main content

Table 3 Postoperative results after propensity score matching

From: Do obese patients benefit from isolated aortic valve replacement through a partial upper sternotomy?

Variable

con-AVR (n = 60)

mini-AVR (n = 60)

P-value

Mediastinal drainage, mL/48 h, median (IQR)

220.0 (100.0, 600.0)

150.0 (80.0, 800.0)

0.018

Red blood cell transfusion, mL, median (IQR)

200.0 (0, 600.0)

130.0 (0, 800.0)

0.014

Reexploration due to bleeding, n (%)

0

1 (1.7)

1.000

Ventilation time (h), median (IQR)

6 (2, 125)

5 (2, 49)

0.145

Reintubation (%), n (%)

2 (3.3)

0

0.476

Low cardiac output syndrome, n (%)

1 (1.7)

2 (3.3)

1.000

Respiratory insufficiency, n (%)

9 (15)

8 (13.3)

1.000

Renal insufficiency

  

1.000

 Without dialysis,n (%)

4 (6.7)

4 (6.7)

 

 With dialysis,n (%)

2 (3.3)

3 (5.0)

 

Wound infection (%)

0

1 (1.7)

1.000

Sternum refixation, n (%)

0

2 (3.3)

1.000

ICU stay,h, median (IQR)

19 (10, 168)

15 (8, 75)

0.021

Hospital stay, d, median (IQR)

11.0(5.0, 26)

10.0(5.0, 18)

0.258

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

0

0

1.000

  1. AVR aortic valve replacement, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, ICU Intensive care unit