Minimally Invasive Approach versus Sternotomy for Bentall Procedure: A Single-Center Experience
Table 2
Intraoperative and postoperative data characteristics.
Items
RAT-Bentall (n = 13)
C-Bentall (n = 43)
value
Operation time (min)
268.31 ± 71.43
286.79 ± 103.84
0.552
CPB time (min)
136.69 ± 40.42
119.72 ± 45.03
0.229
Aortic cross-clamp time (min)
97.69 ± 25.36
81.63 ± 29.01
0.078
CSICU stay time (d)
1.90 ± 0.52
2.51 ± 1.58
<0.001
Ventilator assisted time (h)
20.23 ± 6.85
22.48 ± 7.96
0.362
Drainage of first 24 h (ml)
303.00 ± 431.42
354.41 ± 312.51
0.075
Blood transfusion rate of first 24 h (n, %)
8 (61.5%)
31 (72.1%)
0.504
VAS pain score
3.00 ± 2.08
5.77 ± 1.84
<0.001
Days of postoperative hospital stay (d)
7.62 ± 1.81
10.42 ± 2.45
0.035
Incidence of pleural effusion (n, %)
2 (15.4%)
4 (9.3%)
0.615
Incidence of atrial fibrillation (n, %)
2 (15.4%)
11 (25.6%)
0.710
Incidence of renal insufficiency (n, %)
1 (7.7%)
1 (2.3%)
0.414
Incidence of poor incision healing (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
1 (2.3%)
1.000
Reoperation rate for hemostasis (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
2 (4.7%)
1.000
Incidence of stroke (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
—
Mortality rate (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
—
CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; VAS: visual analogue scale; RAT-Bentall: the right anterior chest minimally invasive Bentall; C-Bentall: conventional sternotomy Bentall. Values were expressed as the means ± SD or n (%). .
