Table 2.

Perioperative details

Variable	All (n = 26)	OE (n = 12)	MIE (n = 14)	P-valuea
Length of operation	290 (200–450)	290 (215–385)	292.5 (200–450)	0.421
Abdominal part, median	170 (110–255)	155 (120–240)	175 (110–255)	0.060
Thoracic part, median	120 (80–95)	132.5 (80–145)	117.5 (90–195)	0.899
Duration of ventilation (days)	0 (0–18)	0 (0–18)	0 (0–17)	0.940
ICU stay (days)	4 (1–69)	4 (1–44)	5 (3–69)	0.297
Hospital stay (days)	12.5 (7–77)	13 (9–44)	14 (7–77)	0.940

Values in parentheses are ranges

ICU intensive care unit

^askewed distribution, Mann–Whitney test applied