Clinical Evaluation of Titanium-Alloy Bands for Sternal Closure after Median Sternotomy: Single-Center Experience

Table 2

Comparisons of demographic data and procedure distribution between the two groups.

		Stainless wire group	Titanium band group
No. of cases		278	411
Age (mean ± SD)		61.1 ± 12.4	61.7 ± 10.6
BMI (mean ± SD)		23.9 ± 3.6	24.6 ± 3.5
Gender	Male	173	277
	Female	105	134
Procedures	CABG	133	218
	Valvular	98	116
	CABG + valvular	17	22
	Congenital heart disease	11	11
	Aortic	13	28
	Others	6	16
Comorbidities (%)	Hypertension	150 (54.0%)	211 (51.3%)
	Type 2 diabetes	60 (21.6%)	99 (24.1%)
Surgeries with CPB (%)		178 (64.0%)	289 (70.3%)

There was no statistical significance when comparing all the data given between the two groups.