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Table 1 The relationship between the material used for covering SP and the clinicopathological characteristics

From: What is an appropriate material to use with a covering technique to prevent the recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax?

Characteristic

Total

ROCMa

%

PGA/ TCb

%

p-value

All cases

185

8

4.3

177

95.7

 

Age (years)

      

<28

90

7

7.8

83

  

≥28

95

1

1.1

94

 

0.024

Gender

      

Male

159

8

5.0

151

  

Female

26

0

0.0

26

 

0.242

Smoker

      

Yes

70

2

2.9

68

  

No

115

6

5.2

109

 

0.444

Lesion site

      

Right

94

4

4.3

90

  

Left

91

4

4.4

87

 

0.962

Lesion location

      

Top

154

6

3.9

148

  

Other than top

31

2

6.5

29

 

0.523

Comorbidities

      

Yes

29

0

0.0

29

  

No

156

8

5.1

148

 

0.213

ISPc

      

Yes

51

1

2.0

50

  

No

134

7

5.2

127

 

0.330

CSPd

      

Yes

42

3

7.1

39

  

No

143

5

3.5

138

 

0.307

Surgery for ISP

      

Yes

17

0

0.0

17

  

No

168

8

4.8

160

 

0.358

Length of operation (min)

 

76.7 (40–160)

 

130.4 (35–315)

 

0.015

  1. aROCM: regenerated oxidized cellulose mesh, bPGA: polyglycolic acid/ TC: TachoComb, cISP: ipsilateral spontaneous pneumothorax, dCSP: contralateral spontaneous pneumothorax.