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Table 2 Comparison of the postoperative recovery and follow-up visits

From: Safety and efficacy of thoracoscopic wedge resection for elderly high-risk patients with stage I peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer

 

VATS wedge resection (n = 14)

VATS radical resection (n = 33)

P value

Operative time (min)

69.4 ± 15.5

128 ± 35.5

0.020

Blood loss (ml)

52.1 ± 11.2

217.9 ± 87.1

0.025

Postoperative complications

3 (21.4%)

4 (12.2%)

0.412

Hospital stay (days)

8.14 ± 2.62

8.67 ± 2.18

0.449

Postoperative deaths within 30 days

0

0

follow-up time (months)

17.93 ± 16.14

20.85 ± 11.71

0.094

Postoperative recurrence

2 (14.3%)

1 (3.0%)

0.149

Local recurrence

1 (7.1%)

0 (0%)

0.121

Distant metastasis

1 (7.1%)

1 (3.0%)

0.523