Table 2. Post-operative narcotic consumption.

Narcotic usage (in oral morphine equivalents)	Traditional VATS (n=35)	Uniportal VATS (n=49)	P value
Recovery room	63.0 (43.0, 89.0)	48.0 (24.0, 66.0)	0.049
POD #1	112.0 (65.0, 156.0)	66.0 (24.0, 116.0)	0.024
POD #2	36.0 (15.0, 79.0)	23.5 (8.0, 38.0)	0.041
Total for hospitalization	260.0 (160.0, 378.0)	182.0 (124.0, 271.0)	0.028

All units are in milligrams of oral morphine equivalents (OMEq). Data were expressed as median (interquartile range). POD, postoperative day; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.