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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Single chest tube drainage is superior to double chest tube drainage after lobectomy: a meta-analysis

References

Publication year

Patients

Age (years)

Sex (male/female)

Type of resection

Tumor stage

Alex

2003

Group A

60

65 ± 8.4

48/12

Lobectomy

I–II

Group B

60

66 ± 8.6

48/12

Gomez-Caro

2006

Group A

60

65.5 ± 9.4

9/51

Lobectomy/Bilobectomy

I–IV

Group B

59

61.5 ± 9.5

7/52

Pawelczyk

2007

Group A

90

60.9 ± 9.03

64/26

Lobectomy/Bilobectomy

I–IV

Group B

93

60.7 ± 8.906

54/39

Okur

2009

Group A

50

54.74 ± 14.34

37/13

Lobectomy

NR

Group B

50

56.34 ± 11.52

43/7

Tanaka

2014

Group A

54

66.8 ± 7.5

38/16

Lobectomy/Bilobectomy

I–IV

Group B

54

67.7 ± 8.0

32/22

  1. Abbreviations: Group A single chest tube, Group B double chest tube, NR not reported