2.5.1 Surgical site bleeding
Major bleeding requiring re-exploration occurred in 16 (69.57%) patients. Eleven (68.75%) patients were explored in the first 24 h. Five had no initial major bleeding but required exploration later in the ECMO run for “late bleeding”. Survival rate in the explored group was 5 (31.25%). Survival rates for early bleeding versus late bleeding were 25% and 6.25% (P = 0.51).