Table 3 Presence of complications with or without preoperative physiotherapy
Preoperative physiotherapy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||||
n | % | n | % | p | RR | 95% CI (RR) | |
Atelectasis | 27/156 | 17.3% | 37/102 | 36.3% | 0.01 | 0.48 | 0.31–0.73 |
Pleural effusion | 75/156 | 48.1% | 48/102 | 47.1% | 0.87 | 1.02 | 0.79–1.33 |
Pneumothorax | 4/156 | 2.6% | 2/102 | 2.0% | 0.75 | 1.31 | 0.24–7.01 |
Pneumonia | 4/155 | 2.6% | 1/102 | 1.0% | 0.36 | 2.63 | 0.3–23.22 |
Pulmonary Oedema | 16/156 | 10.3% | 5/102 | 4.9% | 0.12 | 2.09 | 0.79–5.53 |
Diaphragm elevation | 140/156 | 89.7% | 94/102 | 92.2% | 0.51 | 0.97 | 0.90–1.05 |
Renal insufficiency | 2/157 | 1.3% | 1/102 | 1.0% | 0.82 | 1.30 | 0.12–14.14 |
Neurological | 1/157 | 0.6% | 1/104 | 1.0% | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.04–10.47 |
Wound infection | 3/158 | 1.9% | 1/104 | 1.0% | 0.54 | 1.97 | 0.21–18.73 |
Sternal instability | 5/158 | 3.2% | 0/104 | 0.0% | 0.16 | - | - |
Sternal dehiscence | 6/157 | 3.8% | 0/104 | 0.0% | 0.08 | - | - |
Scar dehiscence | 3/158 | 1.9% | 0/104 | 0.0% | 0.28 | - | - |
Death | 2/159 | 1.3% | 1/104 | 1.0% | 0.82 | 1.31 | 0.12–14.24 |