Table 2.
Hospital days and complications in operative and transcatheter groups.
| Operative (n = 35) |
Transcatheter (n = 223) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) or mean (SD) | |||
| Hospital days | |||
| Before procedure | 14.2 (7.5) | 12.3 (8.5) | 0.20 |
| Intensive care unit | 1.2 (0.6) | NA | NA |
| After procedure |
7.9 (3.5) |
3.0 (3.6) |
<0.01 |
| Total hospital days |
23.3 (9.1) |
15.4 (8.9) |
<0.01 |
| Complication | |||
| Pneumonia | 3 (8.6) | 0 | NA |
| Septicemia (clinical symptom) | 4 (11.4) | 0 | NA |
| Heart failure | 3 (8.6) | 0 | NA |
| Incision infection | 1 (2.9) | 0 | NA |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 1 (2.9) | 0 | NA |
| Respiratory insufficiency | 1 (2.9) | 0 | NA |
| Convulsion | 1 (2.9) | 0 | NA |
| Device embolization | NA | 2 (0.9) | NA |
| Transcatheter closure failure | NA | 5 (2.2) | NA |
NA: Not Applicable; SD: Standard Deviation.