From: High thoracic anesthesia offers no major benefit over general anesthesia in on-pump cardiac surgery patients: a retrospective study
GA, n = 141
TEA, n = 147
P value
ICU mortality
3 (2.1 %)
4 (2.7 %)
1.000
Hospital mortality
5 (3.5 %)
5 (3.4 %)
0.998
Length of ICU stay (days)
5.5 ± 4
5.3 ± 3.1
0.814
Length of hospital stay (days)
12.9 ± 8.8
10.7 ± 5.9
0.019