Table 4.

Postoperative pain outcomes

Outcome	Uniportal VATS n = 55	Multiportal VATS n = 43	p value
PCA use, no. (%) of patients	55 (84.6)	43 (68.3)	0.03
24-h PCA use, mg, median (IQR)	15 (3–24)	18 (11–30)	0.41
24-h visual analogue scale, median (IQR)	2 (0–4)	2 (0–4)	0.73
Duration of PCA use, d, median (IQR)	1 (1–2)	2 (2–2)	0.35

IQR = interquartile range; PCA = patient-controlled analgesia; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.