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Table 2 Postoperative events

From: Multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing digital and traditional chest drain in a VATS pulmonary lobectomy cohort: interim analysis

 

Digital group

(n = 94)

Traditional group

(n = 115)

p value

Total complications, n (%)

17 (18.1)

18 (15.6)

0.999

 Cardio-vascular complications, n (%)

6 (6.4)

6 (5.2)

0.951

 Pulmonary complications, n (%)

7 (7.4)

11 (9.6)

0.767

 Other, n (%)

4 (4.3)

2 (1.7)

0.505

Prolonged air leak, n (%)

1 (1.1)

3 (2.6)

0.999

Chest tube duration, days, mean (SD)

3.4 (1.8)

3.8 (1.8)

0.999

Difference between hospital stay and chest tube duration, days (SD)

1.3 (1.0)

1.4 (1.7)

0.999