Table 4. – Postoperative events after lead extraction.

Postoperative events
Length of hospital stay (days). mean ± SD (variation)	17.4 ± 21.6 (1- 169)
In-hospital major complications
Death	29 (7.9)
Cardiorespiratory arrest	3 (0.8)
Unstable arrhythmia	1 (0.3)
Cardiac tamponade	1 (0.3)
Pulmonary embolism	2 (0.5)
Unstable bleeding	2 (0.5)
Sepsis	13 (3.6)
In-hospital minor complications
Hemothorax requiring drainage	1 (0.3)
Pneumothorax requiring drainage	2 (0.5)
Pocket hematoma	6 (1.6)
Lead dislodgement	2 (0.5)
Complications within 30 days after discharge
Death	4 (1.1)
Readmission	33 (9.0)
Device-related reoperation	8 (2.2)
CIED-related infection	1 (0.3)
Lead dysfunction	3 (0.8)
Pulmonary embolism	2 (0.5)
Deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremity	7 (1.9)

SD: standard deviation; CIED: Cardiac implantable electronic device.