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 2 Postoperative Assessment

		Conventional surgery group	MICS group	Test value	P-value	Sig.
		No. = 25	No. = 25	Test value	P-value	Sig.
Standing at the bed side (Postoperative day)	Mean ± SD	2.28 ± 0.68	1.84 ± 0.37	2.840•	0.007	HS
Standing at the bed side (Postoperative day)	Range	1 – 3	1 – 2	2.840•	0.007	HS
100 m independent walking (Postoperative day )	Mean ± SD	5.08 ± 0.70	3.24 ± 0.72	9.124•	<0.001	HS
100 m independent walking (Postoperative day )	Range	4 – 6	2 – 5	9.124•	<0.001	HS
VAS	Median (IQR)	4 (5 - 6)	4 (3 - 4)	-5.352‡	<0.001	HS
VAS	Range	4 – 8	3 – 6	-5.352‡	<0.001	HS

P is significant at ≤ 0.05 and P is highly significant (HS) at ≤ 0.01
MICS group: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery group, VAS: Visual Analogue Scale
•: Independent t-test; ‡: Mann Whitney test