Safety data | N | % |
Mortality | 5/131 | 3.8 |
Peroperatively | 0 | |
Same admission (postoperative day 2, 3, 5, 19, 23) | 5 | |
Major complication | 6/131 | 4.6 |
Trapped lung with empyema, needing decortication and chronic dialysis | 2 | |
Empyema, acute renal insufficiency and dialysis once | 1 | |
Trapped lung, persisting wound infection and decortication | 1 | |
Repetitive pneumothorax | 1 | |
Pneumonia, needing ICU admission | 1 | |
Minor complication | 2/131 | 1.5 |
Important subcutaneous emphysema | 1 | |
Transient haemoptysis | 1 |
ICU, Intensive Care Unit.