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Table 3 Comparison of clinical variables and perioperative outcomes of single-intercostal thoracoscopic lobectomy (n = 186)

From: Three-port single-intercostal versus multiple-intercostal thoracoscopic lobectomy for the treatment of lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis

Variable

n

Operative time (min)

Blood loss (mL) a

Length of stay (day)

Age (years)

  < 60

88 (47.3%)

128.3 (28.2)

50 (20–205)

5.8 (2.8)

  ≥ 60

98 (52.7%)

142.2 (37.8)

58 (20–350)

7.2 (3.2)

  

p = 0.056

p = 0.153

p = 0.039

Sex

 Male

104 (55.9%)

137.4 (35.1)

54 (20–200)

7.0 (3.5)

 Female

82 (44.1%)

133.4 (33.1)

50 (20–350)

6.0 (2.4)

  

p = 0.576

p = 0.819

p = 0.121

Anatomic resection

 Upper lobe

104 (55.9%)

140.4 (38.4)

51 (20–350)

6.1 (2.2)

 Lower/middle lobe

82 (44.1%)

129.6 (27.1)

53 (20–200)

7.1 (3.9)

  

p = 0.118

p = 0.792

p = 0.187

Extensive lymphadenectomy b

 Yes

116 (68.4%)

131.6 (33.8)

51 (20–200)

6.8 (3.6)

 No

70 (37.6%)

142.3 (34.1)

55 (20–350)

6.1 (1.9)

  

p = 0.145

p = 0.408

p = 0.241

Tumor size (cm)

  < 3

142 (76.3%)

134.6 (35.0)

50 (20–350)

6.5 (3.3)

  ≥ 3

44 (23.7%)

139.1 (31.8)

58 (49–200)

6.8 (2.3)

  

p = 0.594

p = 0.244

p = 0.630

  1. Data are presented as median (range) or mean (SD). a: Skewed distribution, Mann-Whitney U test applied; b: more than 20 lymph nodes harvested in patients