Table 2. Postoperative outcomes.
| Outcome | Groups, No. (%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D-VATS [n=150] | 2D-VATS [n=150] | ||
| Intraoperative date | |||
| Operative time, mean [SD], (min) | 145 [57] | 176 [59] | <0.01 |
| Blood loss, mean [SD], (mL) | 120 [177] | 116 [158] | 0.798 |
| Conversion to open surgery | 4 (2.67) | 6 (4.00) | 0.751 |
| Bleeding occurred | 2 (1.33) | 4 (2.67) | 0.684 |
| Lymph nodes resected, median [range] | 17 [8-47] | 16 [9-51] | 0.168 |
| Drainage duration, median [range], (d) | 4 [1-8] | 4 [1-9] | 0.413 |
| Drainage amount, mean [SD], (mL) | 782 [509] | 769 [467] | 0.893 |
| Hospital stay, median, [range], (d) | 7 [4-19] | 8 [5-21] | 0.213 |
| Postoperative complications | |||
| Pulmonary infection | 8 (5.33) | 7 (4.67) | >0.99 |
| Cardiac complication | 5 (3.33) | 7 (4.67) | 0.776 |
| Bleeding | 2 (1.33) | 4 (2.67) | 0.684 |
| Atelectasis | 5 (3.33) | 4 (2.67) | >0.99 |
| Chylothorax | 4 (2.67) | 3 (2.00) | >0.99 |
| Vocal cord paralysis | 2 (1.33) | 3 (2.00) | >0.99 |
| Wound infection | 1 (0.67) | 1 (0.67) | >0.99 |
| Mortality | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 (18.00) | 29 (19.33) | 0.882 |
VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.