Table 2 ANOVA post-hoc pairwise comparisons of OWT-VAC, Mini-VAC, and Mini-VAC-Instill regarding vacuum duration and length of hospital stay
From: Short-term and long-term outcomes of intrathoracic vacuum therapy of empyema in debilitated patients
Vacuum duration in daysa | |||
Pairwise therapy comparisons | Estimated marginal means | Difference (95 %-CI) | p-value |
OWT-VAC vs Mini-VAC | 20.3 vs 12.4 | 7.9 (1.0; 14.8) | 0.026 |
OWT-VAC vs Mini-VAC-Instill | 20.3 vs 10.4 | 9.9 (4.27; 15.5) | 0.001 |
Mini-VAC vs Mini-VAC-Instill | 12.4 vs 10.4 | 2.0 (−4.9; 8.8) | 0.565 |
Postoperative length of stay in hospital in daysb | |||
Pairwise therapy comparisons | Estimated marginal means | Difference (95 %-CI) | p-value |
OWT-VAC vs Mini-VAC | 24.4 vs 23.7 | 0.7 (−8.7; 10.1) | 0.881 |
OWT-VAC vs Mini-VAC-Instill | 24.4 vs 15.6 | 8.8 (1.1; 16.6) | 0.027 |
Mini-VAC vs Mini-VAC-Instill | 23.7 vs 15.6 | 8.2 (−0.8; 17.1) | 0.074 |