COMPARISON OF EARLY POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD OF ENDO-ACAB WITH OFF-PUMP CABG: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY CONDUCTED AT TBILISI...

Our aim was to compare early post-operative period of Endo-ACAB with OPCABG. We retrospectively studied 760 cases of all patients who had underwent urgent or planned coronary artery bypass grafting at the "Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic" from November 2015 till November 2017. Patients were divided into two group: first group patients who had underwent Endo-ACAB and second group patients who had underwent OPCABG. Early postoperative complications including pneumonia, stroke, ventricular fibrillation, pain intensity, wound infection and hospital stay were studied. After analyzing both groups of the patients we concluded that no statistically significant difference was revealed in presence of preoperative risk-factors like diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension between the study groups. Mean ejection fraction was slightly lower in Endo-ACAB group but statistical analysis showed no significant difference. Moreover, no statistical difference was seen in early postoperative complications like pneumonia, stroke, ventricular fibrillation or early mortality. Respectively severely of pain was similar in Endo-ACAB group compared with CABG. Statistical analyses revealed significant lower rate of surgical wound complication and hospital stay in Endo-ACAB group. In both group no intraoperative mortality was detected. To conclude Endo-ACAB has significantly lower rate of early postoperative complications compared to OPCABG according to the date of "Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic".