Table 3. Relationship between different surgical approaches and clinicopathological factors in 49 patients with myasthenia thymus.
| Features | Surgical approach | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latero-thoracotomy | Median sternotomy | Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery | ||
| Sex | 0.404 | |||
| Male | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
| Female | 9 | 7 | 1 | |
| Masaoka stage | 0.053 | |||
| I | 16 | 3 | 5 | |
| II | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| III | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| IV | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pathological type | 0.050 | |||
| A | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| AB | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| B1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| B2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| B3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| C | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| Age | 53.67±14.831 | 54.06±11.992 | 58.75±11.461 | 0.638 |
| Drainage time | 4.08±1.018 | 5.06±1.391 | 2.13±0.354 | 0.000 |
| Hospital stay | 21.46±9.208 | 24.71±10.409 | 9.50±1.927 | 0.001 |
| Tumor size* | 9.92±3.938 | 9.03±2.420 | 6.38±1.482 | 0.031 |
*, the longest diameter of the tumor.