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

Table 5

Comparison between published series related to DSC at the last decade literature review.

Series	Age of the studied group	Period	DSC/CPB	Percentage (%)	Mortality; (%)	Time at DfSC; (days)
Current study	<18 years	2003–2012	257/2347	11%	22.4%	2.3
Alexi-Meskishvili et al. [12]	<18 years	1990–2003	113/1252	9%	36%	5
Iyer et al. [13]	Neonates and infants	1986–1995	150/3718	4%	11%	3.9
Elami et al. [14]	Neonates and infants	1987–1992	36/641	5.6%	5.6%	5
Özker et al. [4]	Neonates and infants	2007–2011	38/1011	3.45%	34.2%	2.9
Riphagen et al. [5]	Neonates and infants	2000–2003	66/585	11.2%	20%	0.9
Samir et al. [6]	Neonates	1991–2000	140/312	44.8%	21%	-
McElhinney et al. [7]	Neonates and infants	1991–1996	128/585	21.8%	21%	3
Tabbutt et al. [11]	<18 years	1992–1995	217/2559	8.4%	26%	3.4

CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; DSC: delayed sternal closure; DfSC: definitive sternal closure; value; value.