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Table 3 Time-to-event measures for the two procedure groups

From: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) as a safe alternative for the resection of pulmonary metastases: a retrospective cohort study

 

All (n = 171)*

OPEN (n = 135)

VATS (n = 36)

p-value†

DFI-1

26.5 (14.1–67.5)

27.5 (14.5–74)

24.6 (14.0–55.1)

0.79

 

23.54 to 33.02

23.99 to 34.4

14.26 to 40.05

 

OS

47.3 (24–79.6)

53.2 (23.8–89.9)

30.1 (25.2–54.7)

0.03†

 

38.46 to 57.97

44.73 to 64.13

27.13 to 47.66

 

DFI-2‡

13.5 (7.1–31.1)

14.8 (7.2–34.3)

12.4 (5.6–13.5)

0.21

 

10.33 to 18.86

9.32 to 22.44

2.45 to 18.06

 

RFS

25.1 (10.3–57.9)

24.8 (9.8–59.9)

25.6 (12.4–45.9)

0.81

 

20.11 to 31.76

19.72 to 36.2

13.41 to 32.22

 
  1. *First row: median (interquartile range); Second row: 95% C.I. around median.
  2. †Two-tailed p-value < 0.05 considered statistically significant.
  3. ‡Second occurrence was seen in 59 OPEN and in 10 VATS patients.