Figure 6From: Anterolateral minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy for the treatment of congenital heart defects: a meta-analysis and systematic review Postoperative hospital stay time (days): the figure illustrates the result of meta-analysis on postoperative hospital stay time. The mean difference of all the studies showed that hospital stay time was significantly shortened by 1.52 days in the ALMT group than the MS group (p = 0.01).Back to article page