Comparison of Early Efficacy of the Percutaneous Presuture Technique with the Femoral Artery Incision Technique in Endovascular Aortic Repair under Local Anesthesia for Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection

Table 2

Surgical data on the two patient groups.

Valuables	PPST (n = 178)	FAIT (n = 117)	value
Operative time (min)	46.0 (33.0, 58.0)	72.0 (67.5, 78.0)	<0.001
Operative approach procedure time (min)	6.0 (5.0, 9.0)	38.0 (36.5, 43.5)	<0.001
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	25.0 (25.0, 35.0)	45.0 (45.0, 55.0)	0.176
Number of perclose ProGlide suture-mediated systems used	2.12 ± 0.39	N/A	N/A
Stent information
Lifetech scientific (%)	143 (80.3)	96 (82.0)	0.713
Medtronic (%)	23 (12.9)	12 (10.3)	0.489
MicroPort (%)	12 (6.8)	9 (7.7)	0.756
Sheath diameter
16Fr (%)	45 (25.3)	26 (22.2)	0.548
18Fr (%)	103 (57.9)	63 (53.9)	0.496
20Fr (%)	30 (16.8)	28 (23.9)	0.135

Continuous variables were present as median (Q25, Q75). χ² test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables.