Table II.
Characteristics of patients discharged home following thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) and open thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) repair, stratified into early, usual, and late discharge cohorts based on median length of stay (LOS)
| Characteristic | TEVAR
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Open TAA repair
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early discharge | Usual discharge | Late discharge | Early discharge | Usual discharge | Late discharge | |
| Number of patients | 538 | 988 | 388 | 2698 | 3218 | 1934 |
| Age (mean years) | 75.3 | 75.8 | 75.4 | 72.2 | 73.0 | 73.6 |
| Male gender (%) | 28.4 | 41.2 | 42.3a | 35.5 | 39.6 | 44.2a |
| Black race (%) | 5.8 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.1a |
| Charlson comorbidity score (mean) | 1.32 | 1.37 | 1.32 | 0.54 | 0.72 | 0.91a |
| Emergent (%) | 7.3 | 16.9 | 42.3a | 11.7 | 20.9 | 38.8a |
| Intensive care unit LOS (mean days) | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.5a | 2.2 | 3.6 | 7.1a |
| Renal complication (%) | 5.0 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 9.2a |
| Pulmonary complication (%) | 4.7 | 8.2 | 24.7a | 11.6 | 17.6 | 33.2a |
| Spinal cord complication (%) | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0a |
| Cerebrovascular complication (%) | 2.2 | 5.1 | 7.5a | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.2a |
| Gastrointestinal complication (%) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
a
P < .05.