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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul 31;98(4):1160–1166. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.028

Table 3.

a. Adjusted Quality of Life Scores

Time point MCS PCS
VATS Thoracotomy p Value VATS Thoracotomy p Value
Baseline 42.4 43.5 48.9 50.3
Postoperative 43.6 44.9 0.149 45.7 44.5 0.85
4 months 44.6 46.1 0.036 45.7 45.5 0.86
8 months 45.8 47.6 0.024 46.9 46.7 0.89
12 months 47.2 49.1 0.08 48.1 48 0.93