Table 2. Baseline patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Biportal approach (n=21)	Multiport approach (n=9)	P value
Sex, n (%)			0.419
Male	9 (42.9)	2 (22.2)
Female	12 (57.1)	7 (77.8)
Age, median [IQR], years	56 [48–61]	42 [37–46]	0.036
Diagnosis, n (%)			0.236
Thymic hyperplasia	0 (0)	1 (11.1)
Thymic cyst	3 (14.3)	0 (0)
Thymoma	13 (61.9)	5 (55.6)
Thymic carcinoma	1 (4.8)	0 (0)
Teratoma	3 (14.3)	1 (11.1)
Bronchogenic cyst	1 (4.8)	0 (0)
Pericardial cyst	0 (0)	1 (11.1)
Atypical carcinoid	0 (0)	1 (11.1)
Tumor size, median [IQR], cm	6.0 [5.0–6.8]	8.0 [6.4–9.0]	0.086

IQR, interquartile range.