Table 3. Various studies on the use of single-port thoracoscopic surgery.

First author and citation year	Case (N)	Operation method	Operative time	Pain score	Drainage duration (days)	Post-operative hospital stay (days)
Our Study ICC Group	50	Wedge: 30; mediastinal tumor: 6; anatomic resection: 14	117.78±38.41	2.08±1.66	3.12±1.72	4.32±1.76
Our study No ICC group	50	Wedge: 28; mediastinal tumor: 9; anatomic resection: 13	117.26±47.08	3.98±2.03	4.40±3.40	5.46±3.49
Rocco et al. (16) [2013]	186	Wedge			2.4*	3.4*
Wang et al. (17) [2015]	50	Anatomic resection	165.90±41.67			5.86±1.76
Hsu et al. (18) [2015]	121	Anatomic resection	198.8±65.4			6.6 ±2.6
Ocakcioglu et al. (19) [2015]	37	Wedge	61.7	3.42±0.94	2.71±0.9	3.27±1.6

*, Median time to chest drain removal and median time of hospital stay. ICC, intercostal catheter.