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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb 12;141(5):1278–1282. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.025

TABLE 2.

Patients' postoperative characteristics.

Pre-LAS (n = 3729) (%) Post-LAS (n = 4362) (%) P value*
BOS at 3 y 799 (21.4) 1002 (23.0) .09
BOS-free days (mean ± SE) 682.6 ± 9.0 609.9 ± 7.5 <.0001
Mortality at 3 y (mean ± SE) 402.2 ± 9.6 380.1 ± 8.5 .08
Postoperative dialysis 193 (5.2) 256 (5.9) <.0001
Postoperative stroke 64 (1.7) 67 (1.5) <.0001
Postoperative infection 1526 (40.9) 1115 (46.8) <.0001
Length of stay (d) (mean ± SD) 23.6 ± 0.5 24.9 ± 0.5 .06

SD, Standard error; SD, standard deviation; BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

*

Significance P < .05.