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. 2015 Feb 13;29(12):3519–3526. doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4102-4

Table 2.

Perioperative complications and other outcomes

Open (n = 109) Thoracoscopy (n = 101) P a
n % n %
Intraoperative complications 3 2.8 3 3.0 1.000
Postoperative complications (any) 48 44.0 45 44.6 1.000
 Pulmonary
  Atelectasis 24 22.0 11 10.9 0.041
  Pneumonia 17 15.6 8 7.9 0.093
 Recurrent nerve palsy 17 15.6 15 14.9 1.000
 Anastomotic leak 15 13.8 7 6.9 0.120
 Intravascular catheter infection 4 3.7 2 2.0 0.684
 Paralytic ileus 2 1.8 3 3.0 0.673
 Intestinal obstruction 0 0 4 4.0 0.052
 Other 5 4.6 16 15.8 0.010
Reoperation 2 1.8 10 9.9 0.016
Postoperative mortality 1 0.9 1 1.0 1.000
Postoperative length of stay (days)
  Median (range) 22 (10–162) 24 (9–185) 0.472b

aFisher’s exact test

bWilcoxon rank sum test