Table 1.

Patient Demographics.

	Group
	Open Thoracotomy	VATS
Number of Patients	14	16
Sex Distribution	12 male:2 female	9 male:7 female
Average Age	50.9 years	51.6 years
Preop hospital stay	16.8 ± 10.2 days	11.4 ± 6.5 days
Etiology
Infectious	6	8
Neoplastic	2	5
Traumatic	2	1
Other	4	2