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Table 4 Postoperative outcomes and complications

From: Long-term outcomes of intervention between open repair and endovascular aortic repair for descending aortic pathologies: a propensity-matched analysis

Characteristics

Overall series

After matching

Open repair

N = 45

TEVAR

N = 91

p-value

Open repair

N = 35

TEVAR

N = 35

p-value

Outcomes

 Operative time

420.6 ± 182.9

149.3 ± 92.9

 < 0.001

386.7 ± 124.5

150.9 ± 88.7

 < 0.001

 Postop Hospital stay (day)

41.5 ± 42.7

18.3 ± 16.0

 < 0.001

34.2 ± 26.5

15.1 ± 8.6

 < 0.001

 Total ICU stay (day)

19.6 ± 31.2

5.7 ± 14.0

 < 0.001

17.7 ± 24.6

3.7 ± 5.4

0.002

 Total ventilator care (min)

145.7 ± 334.1

33.6 ± 158.2

0.009

111.9 ± 225.4

11.9 ± 48.6

0.008

 Reintubation

7 (15.6)

4 (4.4)

0.025

5 (14.3)

1 (2.9)

0.088

Complications

 Acute kidney injury

19 (42.2)

18 (19.8)

0.006

15 (42.9)

6 (17.1)

0.019

 Dialysis

6 (13.3)

6 (6.6)

0.192

3 (8.6)

1 (2.9)

0.303

 Hematologic complications

1 (2.2)

2 (2.2)

0.993

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

0.314

 Bleeding

9 (20.0)

3 (3.3)

0.001

6 (17.1)

2 (5.7)

0.133

 Spinal cord injury

2 (4.4)

1 (1.1)

0.211

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

0.314

 Stroke

3 (6.7)

1 (1.1)

0.071

2 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

0.151

 Pulmonary complications

9 (20.0)

7 (7.7)

0.036

7 (20.0)

2 (5.7)

0.074

 Wound complications

12 (26.7)

6 (6.6)

0.001

9 (25.7)

3 (8.6)

0.057

 In-hospital mortality

5 (11.1)

3 (3.3)

0.068

3 (8.6)

1 (2.9)

0.303

 30-day mortality

5 (11.1)

4 (4.4)

0.138

3 (8.6)

2 (5.7)

0.643

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number of patients (%)
  2. TEVAR thoracic endovascular aortic repair, Postop postoperative, ICU intensive care unit