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Table 4 General demographic and clinical characteristics of children with congenital heart disease who received traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery reported by parents on their behalf after propensity score matching

From: Effects of minimally invasive and traditional surgeries on the quality of life of children with congenital heart disease: a retrospective propensity score-matched study

General information indicators

Treatment mode

SMD

(%)

TS

(n = 136)

MIS

(n = 136)

Age (years, x ̅±s)

5.80 ± 3.38

5.89 ± 2.64

2.3

Sex (n, %)

  

7.4

 Male

79 (58.1)

74 (54.4)

 

 Female

57 (41.9)

62 (45.6)

 

BMI (x ± s)

15.7 ± 2.54

15.6 ± 3.13

1.3

Type of congenital heart disease (n,%)

  

2.1

 ASD

19 (14.0)

18 (13.2)

 

 VSD

115 (84.6)

116 (85.3)

 

 Other

2 (1.5)

2 (1.5)

 

Time after operation (months, x ± s)

20.0 ± 20.7

22.1 ± 20.9

10.0

  1. TS Traditional surgery, MIS Minimally invasive surgery, BMI body mass index, ASD atrial septal defect, VSD ventricular septal defect, SMD standardized mean difference