Management of Cardiac Tamponade: A Comperative Study between Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis and Surgery—A Report of 100 Patients

Table 4

Complications, recurrences, and followup of patients.

Group	Group A (𝑛∶38)		Group B (𝑛∶36)		Group C (𝑛∶26)		Mean
Sex	Male (𝑛∶18)	Female (𝑛∶20)	Male (𝑛∶16)	Female (𝑛∶20)	Male (𝑛∶16)	Female (𝑛∶10)	𝑛∶100
Total complication
Major	1	1	0	1	1	1	5
Minor	1	1	1	0	2	3	8
Recurrence ≤90 day	6	4	1	2	2	1	16
30 day mortality rate	1	1	0	1	2	o	7
Exitus	2	3	1	2	3	1	12
Complete followup	17	19	16	18	15	9	93
Mean follow-up (year)	3.2±0.5		3.6±0.4		3.5±0.5		3.5±0.4