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. 2019 May;11(5):1963–1972. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.93

Table 2. Perioperative data after pleurectomy/decortication and HITHOC.

Characteristics Cohort (n=71)
Length of operation (minutes), median [IQR] 385 [360–415]
Length of ICU stay (days), median [IQR] 2 [1–4]
Length of hospital stay (days), median [IQR] 26 [18–40]
Intraoperative blood loss (millilitres), median [IQR] 800 [500–1,000]
30-day-mortality, n (%) 1 (1.4)
90-day-mortality, n (%) 2 (2.8)
Perioperative morbidity, n (%) 41 (57.7)
Pneumothorax, n (%) 20 (28.2)
Cardiac complications, n (%) 17 (23.9)
Pneumonia, n (%) 12 (16.9)
Respiratory insufficiency, n (%) 5 (7.0)
Chylothorax, n (%) 3 (4.2)
Impaired wound healing, n (%) 5 (7.0)
Revision, n (%) 10 (14.1)

ICU, intensive care unit; HITHOC, hyperthermic intrathoracic chemoperfusion.