Table 3. Post-treatment outcomes and follow-up.
Patient SL. No.a | Post-procedure additional morbidityb | CDG | PPSS | PPSS risk category (Intermediate; 2-5 vs. high; >5) | ICU (Yes/No) | LoHS (Days) (Days) | Mortality (90-day, in-hospital) | Follow-up (Days) | Recurrence (Yes/No) |
1 | Tracheostomy | 3a | 4 | Intermediate | Yes | 31 | No, No | 5929 | No |
2 | CLABSI, VAP, multi-organ failure | 4b | 10 | High | Yes | 68 | No, No | 1507 | No |
3 | None | N/A | 3 | Intermediate | Yes | 18 | No, No | 272 | No |
4 | None | N/A | 9 | High | No | 17 | No, No | 49 | No |
5 | None | N/A | 9 | High | Yes | 20 | No, No | 3467 | No |
6 | VAP, tracheostomy | 3b | 10 | High | Yes | 38 | No, No | 17 | No |
7 | None | N/A | 6 | High | Yes | 19 | No, No | 65 | No |
8 | Bleeding from a hiatal vessel needing laparoscopic ligation | 3b | 11 | High | Yes | 40 | No, No | 3007 | No |
9 | PSVT treated medically | 3a | 12 | High | Yes | 12 | No, No | 2956 | No |
10 | None | N/A | 6 | High | No | 32 | No, No | 2630 | No |
11 | VAP, tracheostomy | 5 | 12 | High | Yes | 101 | No, Yes | N/A | N/A |
12 | None | N/A | 8 | High | Yes | 17 | No, No | 1142 | No |
CDG: Clavien-Dindo grading, ICU: Intensive care unit, LoHS: Length of hospital stay, CLABSI: Central-line associated bloodstream infection, VAP: Ventilator-associated pneumonia, PSVT: Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, N/A: Not applicable. a: Patient serial number in the same order as in Table 2. b: Additional post-procedure morbidity (excluding any form of esophago-pleural re-interventions). |