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Table 2 Operative and postoperative data

From: TEVAR versus open repair of blunt traumatic descending aortic injury in polytraumatic patients involved in motor vehicle accidents

Characteristic

Open repair (N = 41)

TEVAR (N = 30)

P value

Operative data

Procedure urgency n (%)

  

0.08

Scheduled

5 (12.1)

9 (30)

 

Urgent

36 (87.8)

21 (70)

 

Time to surgery (mean ± SD) days

0.56 ± 0.18

2.09 ± 1.71

0.001

Successful surgery\graft deployment n (%)

40 (97.5)

29 (96.55)

> 0.99

Operative blood loss (> 500 ml) n (%)

27 (65.85)

6 (20)

< 0.001

Intraoperative blood transfusion n (%)

24 (58.5)

6 (20))

0.002

Postoperative data

Neurological complications n (%)

2 (4.8)

3 (10)

0.64

Renal complications n (%)

6 (14.6)

1 (3.3)

0.23

Infective complications n (%)

21 (51.2)

3 (10)

< 0.001

Arrhythmias n (%)

0

1 (3.3)

> 0.99

Length of stay

   

Intensive care unit, days (mean ± SD)

6 ± 8.9

5.26 ± 2.9

0.1

Postoperative stay, days (mean ± SD)

20.1 ± 12.31

20.05 ± 18.25

0.62

Mortality n (%)

4 (9.7)

0

0.13