Table 3 Post-operative complications of patients before discharge.

From: Device closure via minimally invasive left intercostal incision in children with perimembranous ventricular septal defect

 

All patients

PSM patients

Device group

Surgical group

P-value

Device group

Surgical group

P-value

N

131

117

108

108

Occluder dislodgement (n, %)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Small residual shunt (< 2 mm) (n, %)

13 (9.9%)

3 (2.6%)

0.019&

10 (9.3%)

2 (1.9%)

0.017&

Significant residual shunt (n, %)

1 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

1.000&

1 (0.9%)

0 (0%)

1.000&

CAVB (n, %)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Transient Arrhythmia (n, %)

10(7.6%)

11 (9.4%)

0.618#

8(7.4%)

10 (9.3%)

0.622#

New-onset aortic regurgitation (n, %)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

New-onset tricuspid regurgitation (n, %)

10 (7.6%)

7 (6.0%)

0.608#

8 (7.4%)

7 (6.5%)

0.789#

Hemolysis (n, %)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Anemia (n, %)

0 (0%)

17 (14.5%)

< 0.001&

0 (0%)

15 (13.9%)

< 0.001&

Pulmonary infection (n, %)

3 (2.3%)

11 (9.4%)

0.015&

1 (0.9%)

10 (9.3%)

0.005&

Pericardial effusion (n, %)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Pneumothorax (n, %)

0 (0%)

6 (5.1%)

0.010&

0 (0%)

6 (5.6%)

0.029&

Pleural effusion (n, %)

0 (0%)

11 (9.4%)

< 0.001&

0 (0%)

10 (9.3%)

0.001&

  1. Continuous variables were present as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Categorical variables were shown as number (%). *: independent samples t test was used; #: Chi-square test was used; &: Fisher’s exact test was used.