Table 3. Pearson’s correlation (ρ) of post-operative complications and intervention typology in patients underwent resection in a critical area of the thorax.

Correlation	Acute respiratory complications	Chronic pain	Flail chest	Deformities	Prosthesis	Other reconstruction	Wall reconstruction with or without prosthesis
Acute respiratory complications	–	0.036	0.631**	0.360*	−0.689**	−0.242	−0.841**
Chronic pain	0.036	–	0.003	0.047	−0.036	−0.261	−0.114
Flail chest	0.631**	0.003	–	0.436**	−0.780**	0.036	−0.781**
Deformities	0.360*	0.047	0.436**	–	−0.495**	−0.046	−0.492**
Prosthesis	−0.689**	−0.036	−0.780**	−0.495**	–	−0.068	0.841**
Other reconstruction	−0.242	−0.261	0.036	−0.046	−0.068	–	0.204
Wall reconstruction with or without prosthesis	−0.841**	−0.114	−0.781**	−0.492**	0.841**	0.204	–

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