Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study groups.

Variable	PSC; ()	DSC; ()		OR (CI 95%)
Age (years)			0.001
Female gender	1049 (50.8%)	100 (38.6%)	0.001	0.6 (0.5–0.8)
Preop inotropic use	95 (4.6%)	58 (22.4%)	0.001	0.2 (0.19–0.31)
Preop mechanic ventilation	104 (5%)	66 (25.5%)	0.001	0.2 (0.18–0.3)
Surgical RACHS-1 risk score
1	264 (12.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0.001	33.2 (4.7–235.5)
2	1082 (52.4%)	48 (18.5%)	0.001	4.1 (3.07–5.62)
3	590 (28.6%)	103 (39.8%)	0.001	0.6 (0.5–0.8)
4	120 (5.8%)	89 (34.4%)	0.001	0.2 (0.1–0.2)
5	0 (0%)	3 (1.2%)	0.001	0.1 (0.09–0.1)
6	3 (0.1%)	14 (5.4%)	0.001	0.1 (0.09–0.1)
NC	7 (0.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0.001
CPB time (min)			0.001
ACC time (min)			0.001
Mortality	180 (8.7%)	58 (22.4%)	0.001	0.4 (0.3–0.5)

CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; ACC: aortic cross clamp; PSC: primary sternal closure; DSC: delayed sternal closure; NC: nonclassifiable; Preop: preoperative.