Table 3.
Complications (n = 243)
| Reintubation (%) | 7 (2.9) |
| Reoperation for a significant residual VSD (%) | 5 (2.1) |
| Refixation of the sternum (%) | 6 (2.5) |
| Wound infection (%) | 4 (1.6) |
| Postpericardiotomy syndrome (%) | 4 (1.6) |
| Chylothorax (%) | 1 (0.4) |
| Heart block | |
| Transient (%) | 12 (4.9) |
| Permanenta (%) | 2 (0.8) |
| Seizure (%) | 1 (0.4) |
| Rehospitalization (%) | 6 (2.5) |
| Circulatory arrest (%) | 0 (–) |
| Stroke (%) | 0 (–) |
| Renal failure (%) | 0 (–) |
| Neurological deficit (%) | 0 (–) |
| Paralyzed diaphragm (%) | 0 (–) |
| Need for postoperative mechanical circulatory support | 0 (–) |
| Death (%) | 0 (–) |
| Total complicationsb (%) | 38 (15.6) |
| Total major adverse eventc (%) | 7 (2.9) |
aRequiring pacing by a pacemaker
bNumber of patients with one or more complications
cAccounted as major adverse events are reoperation, permanent heart block, circulatory arrest or death