Table 2.

Surgical outcomes between needlescopic VATS and uniportal VATS for PSP.

	Needlescopic VATS (n = 60)	Uniportal VATS (n = 91)	p-value
Operation time, minutes	55.80 ± 21.93	53.49 ± 20.40	0.51
Hospital stay, days	3.6 ± 1.66	3.25 ± 0.85	0.95
Chest tube drainage days	2.7 ± 1.4	2.35 ± 0.92	0.17
Complications, no. (%)
Hemothorax	0	0	NS
Persistent air leak (chemical pleurodesis)	1	3
Massive pleural effusion	0	1
Pain score
Day 0	2.65 ± 1.59	1.74 ± 1.35	0.001
Day 1	1.97 ± 1.20	1.70 ± 0.98	0.16
Day 2	1.54 ± 0.89	1.3 ± 0.84	0.12
Intravenous analgesics	0.78 ± 0.94	0.69 ± 0.98	0.55
Recurrence	3	3	0.78