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| Table 3. Postoperative | length of stay | in hospital and | intensive care unit |
| Group 1 (n = 88) Mean + SD (min-max) | Group 2 (n = 83) = Mean + SD (min-max) | Statistic of test; p-value | |
| Hospital stay, days | 2.35 + 0.72 (1-20) | 2.45 + 0.86 (1-22) | U = 1300.0; 0.122 |
| ICU stay, days | 6.70 + 1.72 (6-31) | U = 3130.7; 0.001** |
SD: standard deviation; ICU: intensive care unit.
