TABLE 2.
Postoperative outcomes for patients having bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis with and without cardiopulmonary bypass
| Postoperative data | Off-CPB group (n=20) |
On-CPB group (n=25) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complication, n (%) | |||
| Bleeding | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Infection | 0 (0) | 2 (7.4) | 0.303 |
| Central Nervous System | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Injury/Stroke | |||
| Death | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Late mortality | 2 (10.0) | 5 (18.5) | .311 |
| Unplanned reinterventions | 0 (0) | 5 (18.5) | .043 |
| Hospitalization, median (range) | |||
| Hemoglobin–oxygen saturation (%) | |||
| 1 h Postoperatively | 88 (68–95) | 83 (67–91) | .041 |
| 6 h Postoperatively | 83 (77–91) | 82 (65–86) | .214 |
| 24 h Postoperatively | 85 (80–92) | 82 (75–84) | .006 |
| Discharge | 84 (74–97) | 80 (70–89) | .143 |
| Ventilation duration (h) | 10 (6–18) | 12 (4–108) | .066 |
| ICU length of stay (d) | 1.7 (1–4) | 5 (2–7) | .082 |
| Chest tube removal (d) | 4 (3–6) | 5 (3–12) | .056 |
| Hospital length of stay (d) | 5 (4–9) | 10 (6–29) | .001 |
CPB, Cardiopulmonary bypass; ICU, intensive care unit.