Table 3

Cumulative perioperative data on 20 years of Nuss operations in children 1987–2006
Reference
number
 Patient
number
 Average Age
 Average
Operating
Time
 Average
Hospital Stay
1
 329
 11 years
 Not reported
 5 days
3
 21
 14.4 years
 53'
 Not reported
4
 52
 Unknown
 106'
 3.9 days
5
 335
 8 years
 Not reported
 Not reported
6
 53
 9 years
 76'
 8.9 days
10
 22
 15.5 years
 Not reported
 13.4 days
11
 40
 17.6 years
 126'
 Not reported
12
 172
 15.1 years
 76'
 Not reported
13
 31
 14.5 years
 Not reported
 4 days
15
 20
 14 years
 75'
 5.5 days
16
 36
 12.3 years
 96'
 5.5 days
8
 107
 7.9 years
 67'
 8 days
9
 107
 7.5 years
 48'
 Not reported
14
 80
 11.5 years
 53'
 3.7 days
17
 35
 9.5 years
 198'
 4.8 days
18
 21
 8.2 years
 Not reported
 4.9 days
22
 461
 15.2 years
 52'
 5.3 days
23
 27
 5.9 years
 52'
 4.9 days
Total
 1949
 10.6 years
 68'
 5.5 days

Protopapas and Athanasiou Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008 3:40   doi:10.1186/1749-8090-3-40