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Table 3 Incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia according to surgical procedure

From: Hyperbilirubinaemia after major thoracic surgery: comparison between open-heart surgery and oesophagectomy

 

n

Patients with hyperbilirubinaemia (%)

Cardiac surgery

133

68 (51)

Coronary artery bypass grafting

51

22 (43)

Valvular procedures

64

37 (58)

Aneurysm

18

9 (50)

Oesophagectomy

74

47 (64)

  1. No significant differences in the incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia were observed between the surgical procedures.
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