Does off-pump coronary surgery reduce morbidity and mortality?
Both off- and on-pump procedures produced excellent early clinical results with low mortality. An advantage of an off-pump operation was less postoperative morbidity; however, less complete revascularization introduced uncertainty about late results. A disadvantage of on-pump bypass was higher morbidity that seemed attributable to cardiopulmonary bypass.
Our results might support the use of LC to prevent hypertension-induced renal damage.