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Table 1 The clinical variables and outcome after single-port and three-port thoracoscopic surgery

From: The adequacy of single-incisional thoracoscopic surgery as a first-line endoscopic approach for the management of recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a retrospective study

  

Single-port

Three-port

p value

Number

 

36

26

 

Gender

Male

27

22

0.359

 

Female

9

4

 

Age(year)

 

29.1

24.5

0.144

Indication(s)

    
 

recurrence

28

21

0.54

 

prolonged air leak

5

4

 
 

hemothorax

3

1

 

Side

    
 

Right side

22

13

0.384

 

Left side

14

13

 

ICU stay(day)

 

0.5

0.4

0.096

HS(day)

 

4.1

6.2

<0.001

Postoperative recurrence

 

1 (2.8%)

2(7.7%)

0.16

Wound infection

 

0 (0%)

1 (3.8%)

 

OP time(minutes)

 

59.3

63.5

0.296

VAS for pain

24 hour

4.0

4.4

0.135

 

48 hour

3.2

3.6

0.084

 

72 hour

2.5

2.9

0.008

Follow-up(months)

 

16.3

30.5

<0.001

  1. ICU: intensive care unit, HS: hospital stay, OP: operation, VAS: visual analogue scores for pain,
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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