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Table 1 Clinical demographics and outcomes of all patients undergoing thoracoscopic diaphragm plication

From: A preliminary report on the feasibility of single-port thoracoscopic surgery for diaphragm plication in the treatment of diaphragm eventration

  

Two-port

Single-port

p-value

NO

 

11

10

 

Age (years)

 

54

55.8

0.83

Sex

Men

3

3

0.89

 

Women

8

7

 

Side

Right

0

0

 
 

Left

11

10

 

OP time (min)

 

92.2

82

0.25

F/U (months)

 

19.6

14

0.11

HS (days)

 

3

2.85

0.53

VAS

24-hour

4.1

3.85

0.57

 

36-hour

3.3

3.5

0.48

PSD

Improved

8

8

 
 

No change

3

2

0.67

 

Worse

0

0

 
  1. NO: number, OP time: time required for operation, F/U: follow-up, HS: hospital stay, VAS: visual analogue scores for pain, PSD: postoperative symptom of dyspnea.