Table 1. Relationship between different surgical approaches and clinical pathological factors in 103 patients with thymoma.
| Features | Surgical approach | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latero-thoracotomy | Median sternotomy | Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery | ||
| Sex | 0.298 | |||
| Male | 24 | 21 | 16 | |
| Female | 17 | 19 | 6 | |
| Myasthenia | 0.174 | |||
| Yes | 17 | 23 | 14 | |
| No | 24 | 17 | 8 | |
| Masaoka stage | 0.267 | |||
| I | 27 | 17 | 15 | |
| II | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| III | 7 | 14 | 4 | |
| IV | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pathological type | A | 0.047 | ||
| A | 11 | 2 | 4 | |
| AB | 10 | 12 | 7 | |
| B1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | |
| B2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| B3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| C | 3 | 11 | 1 | |
| Age | 52.98±13.313 | 52.18±10.684 | 50.32±12.069 | 0.707 |
| Drainage time | 4.10±0.889 | 5.28±1.320 | 2.64±0.727 | 0.000 |
| Hospital stay | 20.78±7.876 | 24.30±8.774 | 16.55±7.945 | 0.002 |
| Tumor size* | 9.46±4.048 | 7.96±2.923 | 5.93±1.720 | 0.000 |
*, the longest diameter of the tumor.