Table 3.

Demography and clinical outcome in the converted groupable

Patient variables	Results
Number (n)	44
Age (years)	46.25±15.37
Female: male	1:3
Right: left	2:2
History of TB (n)	2 (50%)
Duration of surgery (mins)	278.45±70.15
Intraoperative Blood loss(ml)	550±314.9
Post-operative complication, n (%)	2 (50)
Post-operative pain (VAS score)
POD1	7.0±0.82
POD7	3.0±1.41
POD30	1.0±0.82
Post-operative NSAID requirement
Total dose(mg)	2218.75±823.19
Total number of days	11.25± 4.57
Post-operative opioid requirement
Total dose (mg)	1100±654.47
Total number of days	9.25±4.99
Chest tube drainage duration (days)	9.75±3.77
Duration of post-operative hospital stay (days)	11.75±3.5
Time to return to work(days)	23.25±11.98

VAS: Visual analogue scale, NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, TB: Tuberculosis