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Table 2 Surgical characteristics of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) patients in single incision thoracoscopic surgery (SITS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

From: Single-incision thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

 

SITS Group (n = 10

VATS Group (n = 20)

P-value

Surgical indications

   

   Ipsilateral recurrence

7 (70%)

16 (80%)

 

   Persistent air leaks

2 (20%)

1 (5%)

 

   Contralateral recurrence

1 (10%)

3 (15%)

0.425

   Hemopneumothorax

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

   Other

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Presence of bleb

   

   Yes

9 (90%)

19 (95%)

0.605

   No

1 (10%)

1 (5%)

 

Operation time (min)

80.50 ± 20.74

85.50 ± 21.87

0.553

Length of stay (days)

7.80 ± 2.74

7.90 ± 2.22

0.915

Post operation hospital stay (days)

4.40 ± 0.96

4.85 ± 1.46

0.387

Blood loss (mL)

minimal

minimal

 

Post operative drainage (days)

3.00 ± 0.94

3.55 ± 1.50

0.301

  1. Values are medians ± standard deviation for continuous variables or # cases (%) for categorical variables. P-values from Mann-Whitney U test (continuous variables), Chi-square test (categorical variables) or the Fisher's exact test.