Table 3: Immediate postoperative data.

Variable

n (%)

Septic shock in

the first 36 hours post-surgery

18 (25)

Pneumonia

16 (23)

Days of mechanical ventilation

(mean, 6 days)

4 to 12

Days of stay in the pediatric

intensive care unit (mean, 8 days)

5 to 18

Complications

Complete AV block

2 (3.0)

Chylothorax

3 (4.2)

Re-operations

Pacemaker placement

1 (1.42)

Chylothorax

1 (1.42)

AV = atrioventricular