Table 4.
Perioperative data in all patients and in those undergoing thymectomy.
| Variables | Overall study population |
Thymectomy surgical procedures |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients (n = 47) |
IVIg (n = 25) |
Placebo (n = 22) |
All patients (n = 16) |
IVIg (n = 9) |
Placebo (n = 7) |
|
| Operation time, min | 120.7 (68.0) | 122.9 (68.7) | 118.2 (68.8) | 159.1 (52.1) | 166.7 (59.1) | 149.3 (43.9) |
| p = 0.749 | p = 0.832 | |||||
| Blood transfusion, n (%) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (4.2) | 0 | 1 (6.2) | 1 (11.1) | 0 |
| p = 1.000 | p = 0.601 | |||||
| Time in recovery room, h | 22.6 (42.2) | 19.9 (28.9) | 25.8 (54.1) | 42.6 (65.8) | 32.9 (40.1) | 55.2 (91.5) |
| p = 0.733 | p = 0.536 | |||||
| Length of hospital stay, days | 3.7 (3.7) | 3.2 (2.7) | 4.2 (4.5) | 5.4 (4.9) | 4.8 (3.3) | 6.3 (6.5) |
| p = 0.586 | p = 0.782 | |||||
Data as mean ± SD unless otherwise stated.
IVIg, intravenous immunoglobulin; SD, standard deviation.