Table 1.

Preoperative parameters comparing Uniportal VATS versus Multiportal VATS.

Parameters	Uniportal VATS (N = 29)	Multiportal VATS (N = 39)	p-value
Male Sex	12 (41.4%)	20 (51.3%)	0.468
Age ≥ 65 years	9 (31%)	18 (46.2%)	0.208
Smoking	6 (20.7%)	14 (35.9%)	0.192
Old Tuberculosis	0	3 (7.7%)	0.255
Hypertension	8 (27.6%)	18 (46.2%)	0.119
Diabetes Mellitus	3 (10.3%)	12 (30.8%)	0.074
History of Malignancy	8 (27.6%)	13 (33.3%)	0.612
Previous Thoracic Surgery	1 (3.4%)	1 (2.6%)	1.000
Creatinine > 100 mmol/L	2 (6.9%)	9 (23.1%)	0.100
Forced expiratory volume in one second (% predicted)	98.7 ± 13.9	97.7 ± 22.8	0.837
Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (% predicted)	86.5 ± 22.2	78.4 ± 19.0	0.180