Table 3.

Impact of chylothorax on postoperative outcome

	Chylothorax	No chylothorax	P-value
	n = 34	n = 1256
Pneumonia	9 (26.5%)	140 (11.1%)	0.012
Intrathoracic leak	2 (5.9%)	46 (3.7%)	0.364
Arrhythmia	6 (17.6%)	36 (2.9%)	0.001
Reoperation	11 (32.4%)	19 (1.5%)	<0.001
Hospital stay (median, IQR)	22 (15–56)	18 (9–161)	<0.001
In-hospital mortality	1 (2.9%)	13 (1.0%)	0.313

IQR, interquartile range.