Table 8.
Op. | N | Peri-op mortality (%) |
Length of Stay (Adjusted median days) |
Chest tube removal (Adjusted median days) | Adverse Events (Adjusted % of patients with at least one) | Lymph Node Stations (Adjusted # sampled/patient) | Lymph Nodes (Adjusted mean # removed/patient) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thor | 62 | 1 (1.6%) | 7 | 5 | 39% | 4.6 | 18.1 |
VATS | 74 | 1 (1.4%) | 4 | 3 | 34% | 4.3 | 14.8 |
P = 1.00 | HR = 0.33 | HR = 0.42 | |||||
P-value | P < 0.0001 | P = 0.0001 | P = 0.61 | P = 0.31 | P = 0.17 |