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. 2026 Jan 16;12:1734089. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1734089

Table 3.

Postoperative characteristics.

Characteristics Unmatched cohort Matched cohort
Overall Female Male p-Value Overall Female Male p-Value
In-hospital mortality 21.00% (n = 65) 17.3% (n = 17) 22.6% (n = 48) 0.287 20.7% (n = 34) 17.1% (n = 14) 24.4% (n = 20) 0.248
Respiratory failure 32.15% (n = 100) 30.3% (n = 30) 33.02% (n = 70) 0.633 29.88% (n = 49) 28.05% (n = 23) 31.71% (n = 26) 0.733
Tracheostomy 16.08% (n = 50) 13.13% (n = 13) 17.45% (n = 37) 0.334 16.46% (n = 27) 13.41% (n = 11) 19.51% (n = 16) 0.400
Pneumonia 8.04% (n = 25) 9.09% (n = 9) 7.55% (n = 16) 0.641 10.37% (n = 17) 8.54% (n = 7) 12.2% (n = 10) 0.610
Reintubation 12.54% (n = 39) 10.1% (n = 10) 13.68% (n = 29) 0.375 11.59% (n = 19) 10.98% (n = 9) 12.2% (n = 10) 0.807
Left vocal cord paralysis 3.86% (n = 12) 1.01% (n = 1) 5.19% (n = 11) 0.075 3.05% (n = 5) 0% (n = 0) 6.1% (n = 5) 0.059
Reanimation 3.22% (n = 10) 5.05% (n = 5) 2.36% (n = 5) 0.210 3.66% (n = 6) 4.88% (n = 4) 2.44% (n = 2) 0.682
Sepsis 6.75% (n = 21) 6.06% (n = 6) 7.08% (n = 15) 0.740 5.49% (n = 9) 6.1% (n = 5) 4.88% (n = 4) 0.732
Wound infection 6.75% (n = 21) 12.12% (n = 12) 4.25% (n = 9) 0.010 8.54% (n = 14) 10.98% (n = 9) 6.1% (n = 5) 0.403
Rethoracotomy (bleeding) 16.4% (n = 51) 13.13% (n = 13) 17.92% (n = 38) 0.288 13.41% (n = 22) 15.85% (n = 13) 10.98% (n = 9) 0.493
Stroke 3.22% (n = 10) 3.03% (n = 3) 3.3% (n = 7) 0.899 4.27% (n = 7) 3.66% (n = 3) 4.88% (n = 4) 1.000
Temporary paraplegia 2.25% (n = 7) 4.04% (n = 4) 1.42% (n = 3) 0.146 2.44% (n = 4) 4.88% (n = 4) 0% (n = 0) 0.120
Permanent paraplegia 6.43% (n = 20) 3.03% (n = 3) 8.02% (n = 17) 0.095 5.49% (n = 9) 2.44% (n = 2) 8.54% (n = 7) 0.167
Temporary paraparesis 0.96% (n = 3) 1.01% (n = 1) 0.94% (n = 2) 0.955 0.61% (n = 1) 1.22% (n = 1) 0% (n = 0) 1.000
Permanent paraparesis 3.86% (n = 12) 2.02% (n = 2) 4.72% (n = 10) 0.250 3.66% (n = 6) 2.44% (n = 2) 4.88% (n = 4) 0.682
Acute kidney failure 20.58% (n = 64) 22.22% (n = 22) 19.81% (n = 42) 0.624 20.12% (n = 33) 21.95% (n = 18) 18.29% (n = 15) 0.697
Temporary dialysis 6.75% (n = 21) 7.07% (n = 7) 6.6% (n = 14) 0.879 7.32% (n = 12) 7.32% (n = 6) 7.32% (n = 6) 1.000
Permanent dialysis 8.36% (n = 26) 10.1% (n = 10) 7.55% (n = 16) 0.448 7.32% (n = 12) 9.76% (n = 8) 4.88% (n = 4) 0.369
Atrial fibrillation 4.82% (n = 15) 6.06% (n = 6) 4.25% (n = 9) 0.486 7.32% (n = 12) 4.88% (n = 4) 9.76% (n = 8) 0.369
LCOS 5.14% (n = 16) 4.04% (n = 4) 5.66% (n = 12) 0.547 4.27% (n = 7) 4.88% (n = 4) 3.66% (n = 3) 0.699
ECMO 2.57% (n = 8) 2.02% (n = 2) 2.83% (n = 6) 0.674 1.22% (n = 2) 2.44% (n = 2) 0% (n = 0) 0.497
Ventilation time (h) 23.2 (13.9–85.2) 21.1 (13.6–89.7) 23.5 (14.2–83.2) 0.484 19.7 (13.4–82.7) 20.5 (14.0–90.2) 19.7 (12.2–47.5) 0.652
ICU stay time (days) 4 (2–11) 3 (2–8) 4 (2–11) 0.254 3 (2–8) 3 (2–9) 3 (2–8) 0.979
Hospital stay time (days) 14 (11–22) 15 (12–25) 14 (11–20) 0.057 14 (11–20) 15 (12–25) 13 (9–18) 0.100

Statistically significant values are highlighted in bold.