From: Surgical treatment of benign mediastinal teratoma: summary of experience of 108 cases
thoracotomy surgery group N1 = 32 | thoracoscopic surgery group N2 = 8 | P value | |
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Intraoperative blood loss (ml) | 169.17 ± 208.82 | 38.75 ± 15.53 | 0.04 |
Postoperative drainage tube removal time (days) | 3.17 ± 1.21 | 2.63 ± 0.74 | 0.37 |
Postoperative hospital stay (days) | 9.43 ± 6.54 | 5.50 ± 0.93 | 0.04 |