Perioperative and postoperative mortality and complications | Group 1 (n = 72) | Group 2 (n = 44) | p Value |
Mortality | 4 | 2 | 0.81 |
Complications | |||
Systemic | 0.633 | ||
Paraplegia | 1 | 0 | |
Transient respiratory insufficiency | 5 | 2 | |
Prolonged respiratory insufficiency | 2 | 1 | |
Re-intervention for bleeding | 3 | 2 | |
Hyperpyrexia/fever>38° | 9 | 5 | |
Death due to ventilated assisted pneumonia | 2 | 1 | |
Other causes of death (haemorrhage, infection) | 2 | 1 | |
Cardiac | 0.746 | ||
Transient atrial fibrillation | 23 | 10 | |
Heart failure | 0 | 1 | |
Transient myocardial ischaemia | 7 | 4 | |
Acute myocardial infarction | 0 | 1 |