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Table 2 Postoperative events after propensity score matching

From: Subxiphoid vs transthoracic approach thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: a propensity score-matched analysis

 

Transthoracic

Subxiphoid

p-value

Operative time (min)

57.31 ± 34.95

80.47 ± 27.04

0.004

No. of staples

2.66 ± 1.41

2.53 ± 1.67

0.747

Drainage (day)

5.22 ± 3.23

5.53 ± 3.17

0.698

Postoperative stay (days)

8.34 ± 3.70

10.13 ± 4.57

0.091

Postoperative recurrence

0

1

1.0

Arrhythmia during sugery

0

7

0.011

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