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Table 6 Complications in all the patients

From: Staplers versus energy devices for the intersegmental plane separation in thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a comparative study

Factors

Stapler group

Energy device group

P-value

Complications

14 (25.5%)

16 (47.1%)

0.036

 Atelectasis

1

0

0.429

 Pulmonary infection

1

0

0.429

 Air leakage

12

16

0.013

  I degree

11

16

0.007

  II degree

1

0

0.429

  III degree

0

0

-

Air leakage duration

1 (0)

1 (1)

0.501