Efficacy and safety of intraoperative partial spray of 50% glucose for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax

Table 2 Surgical Results and advertise events of patients with pneumothorax who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery, with or without glucose solution intrathoracic spray

Variable	GIS (n = 50)	C (n = 24)	p value
ΔBG (mg/dL)	23.8 ± 7.4	N/A
Postoperative infection	2	2	0.59
Pain after 3 h on NRS	4.0	3.1	0.28
Pain after 6 h on NRS	3.9	N/A
Pain after 1POD on NRS	3.3	N/A
Total drainage volume (ml)	341.8 ± 25.2	74.2 ± 25.5	< 0.01
Postoperative drainage period (day)	1.2 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.6	0.58
Postoperative leakage	5	3	0.71
Recurrence	0	2

Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD
NRS is shown as an average value
GIS glucose solution intrathoracic spray, C conservative, BG blood glucose, ΔBG pre- and post-operative blood glucose differences, NRS Numeric Rating Scale, POD post-operative day

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