Table 2.

Perioperative details and outcomes.

Mean preoperative ventilator days	19.0
Mean preoperative ECMO days	11.8
Mean total ECMO days	52.7
Mean time AC held preoperatively, hours	4.33
Mean time AC resumed postoperatively, hoursa	5.2
Mean EBL, ml	2.75
Postoperative bleeding	4/24 (16.67 %)

Abbreviations: ECMO, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; AC, Anticoagulation; EBL, Estimated Blood Loss.

^aSingle outlier of 148.5 h removed from statistical analyses as GI bleed was unrelated to tracheostomy procedure.