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. 2022 Aug;11(8):1287–1300. doi: 10.21037/gs-22-333

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Multivariable logistic regression analysis of surgical outcomes and postoperative pain after the IPTW adjustment according to surgical approach (VATS group, OR 1). ◆: OR; −: 95% CI. ^a, improvement in postoperative QOL was presented as the durations required to achieve a B item of fewer than 3 points (B duration) and to achieve nursing criterion CIII (CIII duration), based on the Nursing Dependency Score and Nursing Criteria, respectively; ^b, pain grade was defined as follows: 1. no pain or pain not requiring analgesics; 2. pain requiring analgesics (excluding those for neuralgia); 3. pain requiring analgesics for neuralgia. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; RATS, robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; IPTW, inverse probability of treatment weighting; QOL, quality of life.