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Table 3 Visual analog scale (VAS) score and patient satisfactory scale 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

Visual analog scale (VAS) score

   

Preoperation

   

   24 hours

4.50 ± 0.70

4.95 ± 0.39

0.032*

   48 hours

4.20 ± 0.78

4.25 ± 0.58

0.088

   72 hours

3.30 ± 0.48

3.55 ± 0.60

0.265

Patient satisfactory scale

   

   24 hours

1.90 ± 0.74

2.55 ± 0.82

0.045*

   48 hours

2.40 ± 0.52

2.90 ± 0.64

0.041*

   72 hours

2.30 ± 0.94

2.45 ± 0.82

0.659

  1. Values are medians ± standard deviation for variables. P-values from Mann-Whitney U test.