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. 2025 Jan 24;111(3):2398–2413. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002235

Table 2.

Comparison of baseline and perioperative data between TND and non-TND groups

Variables TND (N = 74) Non-TND (N = 113) P value
Basic characters
Sex((N, %)) 0.975
 Male (N, %) 56 (75.7) 87 (77.0)
 Female (N, %) 18 (24.3) 26 (23.0)
 Body mass index (kg/m2)b 26.34 (4.36) 26.22 (5.13) 0.87
 Age (years)b 53.00 [41.00, 68.00] 51.00 [42.00, 59.00] 0.202
 Smoking (N, %) 22 (29.7) 29 (25.7) 0.658
 Alcohol (N, %) 16 (21.6) 21 (18.6) 0.747
 Hypertension (N, %) 58 (78.4) 77 (68.1) 0.174
 Coronary heart disease (N, %) 2 (2.7) 2 (1.8) 1
 Diabetes (N, %) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 1
 Hepatitis (N, %) 3 (4.1) 3 (2.7) 0.915
 Allergies (N, %) 3 (4.1) 9 (8.0) 0.446
 Nephropathy (N, %) 6 (8.1) 3 (2.7) 0.176
 Myocardial infarction (N, %) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0.831
 Atrial fibrillation (N, %) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0.831
 Immune diseases (N, %) 5 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 0.17
 Marfan syndrome (N, %) 3 (2.7) 2 (2.7) 1
 Malignancy (N, %) 1 (0.9) 1 (1.4) 1
 Reoperation (N, %) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.8) 0.672
Preoperative data
 Coronary malperfusion (N, %) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.9) 1
 Mesenteric malperfusion (N, %) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.9) 1
 Lower limb malperfusion (N, %) 2 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 0.303
 Hemopericardium (N, %) 16 (21.6) 11 (9.7) 0.04
Pre-mental status (N, %) 0.926
 Vigilant 71 (95.9) 107 (94.7)
 Somnolent 1 (1.4) 2 (1.8)
 Coma 2 (2.7) 4 (3.5)
Urgency of operation (N, %) 0.572
 Elective 12 (16.2) 20 (17.7)
 Urgent 56 (75.7) 88 (77.9)
 Emergent 6 (8.1) 5 (4.4)
Intraoperative data
 Aortic Valve Replacement (N, %) 11 (14.9) 27 (23.9) 0.189
 Coronary artery bypass grafting (N, %) 5 (6.8) 1 (0.9) 0.071
 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (N, %) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0.831
Cerebral perfusion (N, %) 0.168
 Unilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion 62 (83.8) 89 (78.8)
 Retrograde cerebral perfusion 4 (5.4) 3 (2.7)
 Bilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion 7 (9.5) 21 (18.6)
 Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
Lowest temperature (N, %) 0.748
 20-24℃ 58 (78.4) 85 (75.2)
 25-28℃ 16 (21.6) 28 (24.8)
Aortic arch surgery (N, %) 0.306
 Hemi-arch 17 (23.0) 18 (15.9)
 Fenestrated arch stent 18 (24.3) 20 (17.7)
 Island-total arch replacement 18 (24.3) 37 (32.7)
 Total arch replacement 21 (28.4) 38 (33.6)
 Operative time (min)b 380.00 [330.00, 420.00] 380.00 [330.00, 410.00] 0.714
 Cardiopulmonary bypass time (min)b 187.00 [163.25, 218.75] 172.00 [143.00, 211.00] 0.04
 Cross-clamp time (min)b 134.00 [109.00, 155.50] 126.00 [108.00, 157.00] 0.36
 Hypothermic circulatory arrest (min)b 28.50 [23.00, 35.00] 28.00 [21.00, 33.00] 0.21
Postoperative data
Dynamic aEEG grade (N, %) <0.001
 Normal (△aEEG I) 16 (21.6) 96 (85.0)
 Mild injury (△aEEG II) 53 (71.6) 16 (14.2)
 Severe injury (△aEEG III) 5 (6.8) 1 (0.9)
Post-RBP data
 Post-RBP Alpha (%)b 74.66 [61.75, 81.59] 66.32 [58.55, 74.56] 0.001
 Post-RBP Beta (%)b 14.70 [9.80, 19.68] 12.48 [9.09, 18.16] 0.089
 Post-RBP Theta (%)b 6.99 [4.03, 10.54] 12.69 [9.77, 17.82] <0.001
 Post-RBP Delta (%)a 2.76 [1.76, 4.61] 4.62 [3.25, 7.80] <0.001
 CCU (day) 6.00 [4.25, 9.00] 4.00 [3.00, 5.00] <0.001
 Length of stay (day) 19.00 [15.00, 25.00] 15.00 [13.00, 20.00] <0.001
a

is expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

b

values are expressed as interquartile spacing (median [¼,¾ digits]).