Table 2. Pearson’s correlation (ρ) of post-operative complications and intervention typology in all patients.

Correlation	Acute respiratory complications	Prosthesis tardive complications	Chronic pain	Flail chest	Deformities	Number of resected ribs	Sternectomy	Critical site of demolition	Wall reconstruction with or without prosthesis
Acute respiratory complications	–	−0.048	−0.011	0.576**	0.308**	0.057	0.023	0.182	−0.237*
Prosthesis tardive complications	−0.048	–	−0.062	−0.046	0.241*	0.044	−0.036	0.102	0.121
Chronic pain	−0.011	−0.062	–	0.010	0.177	0.112	−0.033	0.024	−0.027
Flail chest	0.576**	−0.046	0.010	–	0.450**	0.044	0.189	0.326**	−0.122
Deformities	0.308**	0.241*	0.177	0.450**	–	0.342**	0.231	0.281*	0.007
Number of resected ribs	0.057	0.044	0.112	0.044	0.342**	–	0.169	0.170	0.170
Sternectomy	0.023	−0.036	−0.033	0.189	0.231	0.169	–	0.260*	0.207
Critical site of demolition	0.182	0.102	0.024	0.326**	0.281*	0.170	0.260*	–	0.843**
Wall reconstruction with or without prosthesis	−0.237*	0.121	−0.027	−0.122	0.007	0.170	0.207	0.843**	–

*, correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); **, correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).