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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jan;44(1):106–111. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.018

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes

VATS
(n = 18)
Fibrinolysis
(n = 18)
P
Length of posttherapy
 hospitalization (d)
6.9 ± 3.7 6.8 ± 2.9 .96
Posttherapy days
 of O2 support
2.3 ± 1.7 2.3 ± 2.1 .90
Days to afebrile after
 intervention
3.1 ± 2.7 3.8 ± 2.9 .46
Analgesia doses 22.3 ± 28.5 21.4 ± 12.0 .90
Hospital charges $11.7K ± $2.9K $7.6K ± $5.4K .02