Table 3.

Operative, post-operative data, morbidity, mortality

Variable	Group A (LC)	Group B	p
Operative time	190,9 ± 41,4	162 ± 47,4	< 0,01
Estimated blood loss	154 ± 152	122 ± 69	NS 0,08
Conversion rate	4 (8 %)	1 (1.1 %)	0.04
Chest tube duration	5,4 ± 1,8	5,1 ± 1	NS
Hospitalization	6,47 ± 2,5	5,92 ± 1,9	NS
Post-operative complications	6 (12 %)	10 (10.6 %)	NS
• Bleeding requiring transfusions	1 (2 %)	1 (1.1 %)
• Prolonged air leak	1 (2 %)	4 (4.2 %)
• Atrial arrhythmia	1 (2 %)	3 (3.1 %)
• Acute lung injury	0	1 (1.1 %)
• Liver failure and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome	0	1 (1.1 %)
• Pneumonia	1 (2 %)	0
• Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy	1 (2 %)	0
• Hoarseness with normal vocal cord motility	1 (2 %)	0
Mortality (60 days)	0 (0 %)	1 (1.1 %)	NS

NS not significant