Effect of minimally invasive cardiac surgery compared with conventional surgery on post-operative physical activity and rehabilitation in patients with valvular heart disease

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Demographic data and the patient characteristics and surgical data

		Conventional surgery group	MICS group	Test value	P-value	Sig.
		No. = 25	No. = 25	Test value	P-value	Sig.
Age	Mean ± SD	49.08 ± 12.91	48.68 ± 12.77	0.110•	0.913	NS
Age	Range	26 – 68	22 – 70		0.913	NS
Gender	Female	16 (64.0%)	12 (48.0%)		0.254	NS
Gender	Male	9 (36.0%)	13 (52.0%)	1.299*	0.254	NS
Body mass index	Mean ± SD	26.41 ± 4.62	26.50 ± 4.31		0.947	NS
Body mass index	Range	19.3 – 36	18.3 – 34	-0.066•	0.947	NS
Diabetes mellitus	No	21 (84.0%)	20 (80.0%)		0.713	NS
Diabetes mellitus	Yes	4 (16.0%)	5 (20.0%)	0.136*	0.713	NS
Hypertension	No	13 (52.0%)	14 (56.0%)		0.777	NS
Hypertension	Yes	12 (48.0%)	11 (44.0%)	0.081*	0.777	NS
Liver disease	No	22 (88.0%)	22 (88.0%)		1.000	NS
Liver disease	Yes	3 (12.0%)	3 (12.0%)	0.000*	1.000	NS
LVEF	Mean ± SD	59.08 ± 9.18	60.40 ± 8.86	-0.517•	0.607	NS
	Range	39 – 71	38 – 72
LVDd (mm)	Mean ± SD	51.56 ± 9.01	52.88 ± 7.37	-0.567•	0.573	NS
	Range	33 – 70	39 – 66

LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVDd: Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension
MICS: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
P is significant at ≤ 0.05, P is non-significant at > 0.05
^*:Chi-square test; •: Independent t-test