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. 2008 May 27;134(12):1289–1295. doi: 10.1007/s00432-008-0421-3

Table 2.

Surgery-related parameters in LA and LS groups of 105 cIA NSCLCs

Parameters LA LS P value
Duration of surgery (min) 217.85 ± 39.36 180.48 ± 25.44 <0.001**
Blood bloss (ml) 565.48 ± 263.30 487.30 ± 260.42 0.137
Blood transfusion (units) 0.88 ± 1.68 0.62 ± 1.46 0.400
Drain secretion (ml) 1280.95 ± 467.60 1120.63 ± 200.93 0.018*
Duration of drainage (days) 5.05 ± 1.43 4.73 ± 1.02 0.187

LA radical systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy, LS lymph node sampling

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001