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The Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Table 3 Comparison of the operative outcomes between both groups

From: Endoscopic versus open harvesting of radial artery for CABG

 

Group 1 (n = 30)

Group 2 (n = 58)

p

Hematoma

1 (3.33%)

8 (13.79%)

0.158

Wound infection

0

6 (10.34%)

0.075

Radial nerve injury

2 (6.67%)

0

0.114

Hand numbness

6 (20%)

3 (5.171%)

0.057

Chest re-exploration

2 (6.67%)

1 (1.72%)

0.267

Hospital stay (days)

7 (6–7)

7.5 (7–9)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as median and 25th–75th percentiles and categorical variables as number and percent
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