IOH versus POF
POF was observed following 31 procedures. Of these, 2 were from the
10-patient IOH group; no infections were found that could explain the
fever and no antibiotic treatment was initiated in those patients.
Neither of these two patients suffered from early post-operative
complications. The rest of the patients with POF (29 patients) were in
the NIOH group (14.3%). In four patients there was a clear etiology for
the POF (pharyngitis, gastroenteritis, periorbital cellulitis or
dysentery). Five of the 29 patients showed post-operative complications,
which included swelling (three patients), otitis media (one patient),
and acute bacterial meningitis (one patient).
According
to multivariate analysis, IOH during CI surgery is not associated with
the occurrence of POF (p = 0.923; Table 2 ).