Variables

Overall values

Waldhausen group

Resection group

p value

Any complication, n/N (%)

Acidosis, n/N (%)

2/43 (4.65%)

2/22 (9.09%)

-

-

Cardiac arrest, n/N (%)

2/43 (4.65%)

2/22 (9.09%)

-

-

Chylotorax, n/N (%)

1/43 (2.32%)

-

1/21 (4.76%)

-

Pleural effusion requiring drainage, n/N (%)

1/43 (2.32%)

1/22 (4.54%)

-

-

Recurrent laryngeal nerve damage, n/N (%)

1/43 (2.32%)

-

1/21 (4.76%)

-

Spinal cord injury, n/N (%)

0/43 (0%)

-

-

-

Mechanical ventilator support, n/N (%)

34/43 (79%)

12/22 (54.5%)

20/21 (95.2%)

NS

Unplanned cardiac reoperation, n/N (%)

1/43 (2.32%)

1/22 (4.54%)

-

-

Postoperative infection, n/N (%)

5/43 (11.6%)

2/22 (9.09%)

3/21 (14.2%)

NS