Table 5.

Comparison of outcomes by tertile

Outcome	Tertile; median or no. (%)*			p value
	Tertile 1 (n = 60)	Tertile 2 (n = 47)	Tertile 3 (n = 50)
Total duration of surgery, min	309.0	258.5	236.0	< 0.001
Total console time, min	172.0	136.0	116.0	< 0.001
Conversion	2 (3.0)	2 (4.3)	7 (14.0)	0.10
LOS (d, median)	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.16
Chest tube duration, d	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.91
No. of lymph nodes harvested	8	8	8	0.39
No. of patients with intraoperative complications†	8	2	8	0.28
No. of patients with postoperative complications†	4	3	5	0.80

LOS = length of stay in hospital.

^*Unless indicated otherwise.

^†Ottawa Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality Classification System.