TABLE 5.

Comparison of Operative Characteristics, Perioperative Risk, Complications, and Outcomes Between Lung Transplant Patients and Controls

	Lung transplants	Controls	P
Previous abdominal  surgery (%)	16 (55%)	14 (61%)	0.78
Type of fundoplication (%)			1.00
Total	27 (93%)	22 (96%)
Partial	2 (7%)	1 (4%)
Additional procedures (%)	11 (38%)	4 (17%)	0.13
Pyloroplasty	7 (64%)	0
Ventral hernia	1 (11%)	1 (25%)
Cholecystectomy	0	1 (25%)
Bronchoscopy with biopsy	3 (33%)	0
Urethral sling/cystoscopy	0	1 (25%)
Total hysterectomy (open)	0	1 (25%)
ASA status	3	2 (1–2)	0.001
Operative time (minutes)	180 (144–207)	143 (135–187)	0.09
Estimated blood loss (cc)	20 (10–25)	15 (10–20)	0.18
Conversions (%)	0	0
Length of stay (d)	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.75
30-d or in-hospital mortality	0	0

Data are presented as percentages for categorical variables and as median (with interquartile range) for scaled variables.

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.