Table 1.
Patient backgrounds, clinical data, and perioperative details
| PVB (N = 56) | EDA (N = 112) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 69 ± 10 | 69 ± 10 | 0.828 | |
| Sex (M/F) | 36/20 | 72/40 | 1.000 | |
| Performance status (0/>1) | 43/13 | 96/16 | 0.193 | |
| Smoking history (pack-year) | 23.4 ± 26.1 | 28.5 ± 31.4 | 0.293 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.2 ± 3.4 | 22.9 ± 3.1 | 0.015 | |
| FEV1.0% | 76.1 ± 10.1 | 74.0 ± 9.6 | 0.191 | |
| Comorbidity | Diabetes Mellitus | 10 (17.9%) | 10 (8.9%) | 0.128 |
| Acquired heart disease | 13 (23.2%) | 3 (2.7%) | <0.001 | |
| Ischemic cerebrovascular disease | 9 (16.1%) | 6 (5.4%) | 0.040 | |
| Type of disease | Lung cancer | 47 | 89 | 0.232 |
| Metastatic lung tumor | 6 | 21 | ||
| Benign tumor | 1 | 2 | ||
| Emphysema | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mediastinal tumor | 1 | 0 | ||
| Type of surgery | Lobectomy | 38 | 76 | 0.637 |
| Segmentectomy | 10 | 21 | ||
| Wedge resection | 7 | 15 | ||
| Thymectomy | 1 | 0 | ||
| Length of skin incision (cm) | 13 ± 2 | 14 ± 3 | 0.166 | |
| Time length of surgery (min) | 210 ± 62 | 223 ± 77 | 0.271 | |
| Intraoperative blood loss (ml) | 65 ± 67 | 70 ± 65 | 0.803 | |
| Side of surgery (L/R) | 26/30 | 43/69 | 0.324 | |
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, EDA epidural anesthesia, F female, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, L, left, M male, PVB paravertebral block, R right. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n. Bold text indicates a significant value