Results |
Sternotomy (n = 11) |
VATS (n = 14) |
p-value |
Gender (M/F) |
8/3 |
9/5 |
0.20 |
Age (years) |
71.7 ± 5.1 |
68.9 ± 9.7 |
0.94 |
BMI |
27.4 ± 3.5 |
28.3 ± 2.8 |
0.81 |
Pericardiocentesis |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
>
0.05 |
CPR |
0.3 ± 0.4 |
0.1 ± 0.2 |
> 0.05 |
ICU stay (days) |
4.3 ± 2.7 |
3.2 ± 1.8 |
0.66 |
Hospital stay (days) |
13 ± 6.9 |
9.8 ± 5.5 |
0.58 |
30-day mortality |
2 ± 0.5 |
0 ± 0.0 |
< 0.05 |
All-mortality |
4 ± 0.5 |
1 ± 0.1 |
>0.05 |