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Table 3 Individual surgical complications

From: Body surface area is a novel predictor for surgical complications following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

Single complication

Total (N = 442)

BSA ≤ 1.68 m2 (N = 197)

BSA > 1.68 m2 (N = 245)

P value

Prolonged air leak (>5 days)

52 (11.8%)

14 (7.1%)

38 (15.5%)

0.006

Subcutaneous emphysema

29 (6.6%)

9 (4.6%)

20 (8.2%)

0.13

Pneumothorax

15 (3.4%)

7 (3.6%)

8 (3.3%)

0.87

Chylothorax

14 (3.2%)

1 (0.5%)

13 (5.3%)

0.004

Wound infection

2 (0.5%)

2 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.20

Hemothorax

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.4%)

1.0

Bronchial fistula

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.4%)

1.0

  1. BSA body surface area