Table 3.

Comparison of clinical outcomes between patient groups

	Group 1 (n = 30)	Group 2 (n = 31)	p
ICU LOS	8.97 ± 6.49	17.65 ± 21.03	0.035
Hospital LOS	20.63 ± 9.08	35.13 ± 24.21	0.003
Total ventilator days	6.77 ± 7.31	18.55 ± 24.94	0.016
Post-VATS ventilator days	5.00 ± 7.39	11.33 ± 18.77	0.079
Chest tube use days	11.70 ± 5.37	16.38 ± 10.77	0.037
Post-VATS chest tube use days	9.00 ± 4.59	9.51 ± 10.36	0.802
Positive microbial cultures
Sputum	10 (33.3%)	16 (51.6%)	0.198
Pleural effusion	2 (6.7%)	9 (29.0%)	0.043