Table 3. Major perioperative outcomes.
| Variable | Number/percentage |
|---|---|
| Estimate blood loss (mL)b | 150±26 (range, 25–2,800) |
| Skin-to-skin duration (min)b | 172±6 (range, 85–485) |
| Chest tube duration (days)b | 4±0.5 (range, 1–36) |
| Hospital length of stay (days)b | 5±0.4 (range, 2–33) |
| Intraoperative complications, n (%) | 12 (7.6) |
| Bleeding | 9 (5.7) |
| Bronchial injury | 2 (1.3) |
| Phrenic or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury | 1 (0.6) |
| Conversions total/conversion emergent for bleeding, n (%) | 14 (8.8)/7 (4.4) |
| Postoperative complications | 62 (39.0) |
| Pulmonary complications | 51 (32.1) |
| Prolonged air leak for ≥7 days | 28 (17.6) |
| Pneumonia | 17 (10.7) |
| Mucous plug | 13 (8.2) |
| Aspiration | 5 (3.1) |
| Respiratory failure | 4 (2.5) |
| Hemothorax | 4 (2.5) |
| Cardiologic complications | 24 (15.1) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 19 (12.0) |
| Cardiopulmonary arrest | 2 (1.3) |
| In-hospital mortality | 3 (1.9) |
b, median ± SEM. SEM, standard error of the mean.