Table 4 Postoperative morbidity according to technique and device adopted for surgical method
CS (129 patients) | MWT (109 patients) | Χ2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electrocautery | Energy Devices | Electrocautery | Energy Devices | Electrocautery vs Energy Devices (Group A) p | Electrocautery vs Energy Devices (Group B) p | Electrocautery (Group A vs Group B) p | Energy Devices (Group A vs Group B) p | |
Thoracic pain | 14 (10.85%) | 33 (25.58%) | 1 (0.92%) | 4 (3.67%) | 0.002 | 0.076 | 0.001 | < 0.0001 |
Bradycardia | 18 (13.95%) | 19 (14.72%) | 5 (4.58%) | 6 (5.50%) | 0.860 | 0.756 | 0.015 | 0.022 |
Compensatory sweating | 3 (2.32%) | 9 (6.97%) | 2 (1.83%) | 5 (4.58%) | 0.076 | 0.250 | 0.793 | 0.435 |
Paresthesia | 6 (4.65%) | 5 (3.87%) | 2 (1.83%) | 2 (1.83%) | 0.756 | 1.000 | 0.229 | 0.354 |