Table 2.
Perioperative complications and outcome
| Group | Total study population (n = 67) |
CPB (n = 18) |
mini-CPB (n = 15) |
VV-ECMO (n = 28) |
VA-ECMO (n = 6) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survival to discharge, n (%) | 61(91.0%) | 17(94.4) | 14(93.3) | 26(92.9) | 4(66.6) | 0.57 |
| OR extubation, n (%) | 43(64.2%) | 10(55.6) | 10(66.6) | 20(71.4) | 3(50.0) | 0.04 |
| Postoperative morbidity, n (%) | 18(26.9%) | |||||
| Anastomotic complications | 11(16.1%) | 5(27.8) | 3(20.0) | 2(7.1) | 1(16.7) | 0.04 |
| Atelectasis | 8(11.9) | 2(11.1) | 2(13.3) | 4(14.3) | 0(0.0) | 0.47 |
| Respiratory infection | 7(10.4) | 1(5.6) | 2(13.3) | 3(10.7) | 1(16.7) | 0.58 |
| Chylothorax | 3(4.5) | 2(11.1) | 0(0.0) | 2(7.1) | 0 | 0.72 |
| Bronchopleural fistula | 6(9.0) | 3(16.7) | 1(6.7) | 1(3.6) | 1(16.7) | 0.63 |
| Respiratory failure | 4(6.0) | 2(11.1) | 0(0.0) | 1(3.6) | 1(16.7) | 0.65 |
| Operation time (min) | 119 ± 38 | 142 ± 59 | 146 ± 63 | 133 ± 43 | 138 ± 28 | 0.61 |
| Surgical bleeding (ml) | 290 ± 126 | 460 ± 73 | 220 ± 78 | 210 ± 55 | 330 ± 47 | 0.03 |
| Blood transfusion n (%) | 16(23.9) | 9(50.0) | 4(26.7) | 3(10.8) | 2(33.3) | < 0.01 |
| pRBC Transfusion (ml) | 180 ± 34 | 280 ± 57 | 170 ± 43 | 140 ± 38 | 110 ± 45 | 0.43 |
| Pleural drainage (ml) | 193 ± 88 | 276 ± 116 | 172 ± 51 | 164 ± 49 | 130 ± 42 | 0.02 |
| Ventilation time (hour), median [IQR] | 24[1–233] | 32[3–233] | 17[11–46] | 14[1–121] | 66 [2–178] | < 0.01 |
| ICU length of stay (hour), median [IQR] | 51[0–427] | 56[18–320] | 27[17–59] | 51[0–427] | 100[12–258] | 0.14 |
| Hospital length of stay (days), median [IQR] | 8.5 [4-40] | 7.9 [5–26] | 6.8 [4–12] | 11 [5–22] | 9.1 [4–40] | 0.74 |
CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, m-CPB modified cardiopulmonary bypass, VV-ECMO veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, VA-ECMO veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, OR operating room, pRBC packed red blood cell, ICU intensive care unit