Use of Novel Blunt Dissection Technique for Surgical Unroofing in Myocardial Bridging Patients
Table 2
Surgical and postoperative characteristics of the patients in both the groups.
Data
Conventional group (N = 26)
Blunt dissection group (N = 19)
value
Unroofed times ± SD (min)
18.91 ± 3.78
14.69 ± 1.40
0.001
Length unroofed ± SD (cm)
2.64 ± 0.78
2.50 ± 0.68
0.555
Ventilator time ± SD (h)
24.62 ± 3.09
16.26 ± 3.35
<0.001
Hospital stay ± SD (d)
12.89 ± 2.91
8.74 ± 1.24
<0.001
LAD injury
7 (27%)
0
0.082
Blood transfusion, n (%)
4 (15%)
0
0.126
MACCE, n (%)
3 (12%)
0
0.252
Stroke, n (%)
2 (8%)
0
0.501
Myocardial infarction, n (%)
1 (4%)
0
0.990
Postoperative atrial fibrillation, n (%)
4 (15%)
2 (11%)
0.976
Surgical site infection, n (%)
1 (4%)
0
0.990
Recurrence angina, n (%)
4 (15%)
2 (11%)
0.976
LAD; left anterior descending; MACCE, major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular event. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD, or the median (interquartile range), and categorical variables are expressed as number (%).
