Table 3.

Clinical and perioperative correlation with major and minor complications

Features	Major complication rate (3/57)	Pearson χ2	p Value
Male gender	3/29	3.057	0.08
Age > 65 years	0/21	1.847	0.17
Comorbidities	3/49	0.517	0.63
Autoimmunity	2/18	1.804	0.18
Myasthenia gravis	2/15	2.659	0.10
Site of cysts (thymus corps)	3/52	0.304	0.58
Type of cysts (simple)	2/35	0.558	0.90
Size of cysts > 3 cm	2/20	1.386	0.23
Symptoms	2/19	1.583	0.21
Type of surgery (total thymectomy)	2/35	0.128	0.93

Features	Minor complication rate (5/57)	Pearson χ2	p Value
Male gender	3/29	0.183	0.66
Age > 65 years	3/21	1.263	0.26
Comorbidities	4/49	0.162	0.54
Autoimmunity	1/18	0.340	0.56
Myasthenia gravis	1/15	0.113	0.73
Site of cysts (thymus corps)	5/52	0.527	0.46
Type of cysts (simple)	3/35	3.981	0.26
Size of cysts > 3 cm	3/20	1.498	0.22
Symptoms	2/19	0.110	0.74
Type of surgery (total thymectomy)	4/35	0.857	0.65