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Table 3 Secondary outcome measurements

From: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcomes

No. of studies

Pooling model

Effect size

95%CI

P

I2

Operative time

9

Random

17.11

2.38

31.85

0.02

92%

No. of resected lymph nodes

3

Random

1.25

−4.57

7.07

0.67

95%

Mortality

5

Fixed

1.03

0.38

2.8

0.95

0

Pneumonia

4

Fixed

1.11

0.48

2.55

0.8

0

Prolonged air leak

5

Random

0.79

0.32

1.93

0.6

55%

Arrythmia

5

Fixed

0.48

0.21

1.06

0.07

0

Postoperative bleeding

4

Fixed

0.62

0.24

1.61

0.32

15%

Chylothorax

4

Fixed

0.52

0.20

1.33

0.17

15%

Duration of chest tube drainage

6

Random

−0.71

−1.18

−0.24

0.003

57%

Postoperative pain in day 1

2

Fixed

−1.02

−1.37

−0.66

0.00001

0

Postoperative pain in day2

2

Fixed

−1.42

−1.75

−1.09

0.00001

0

  1. *visual analogue scale was validated in pain assessment