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Table 4 Comparation of thoracoscopic surgery and thoracotomy surgery [maximum diameter(< 10 cm), estimated adhesions from preoperative imaging]

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

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