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Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes

From: Effects of pulmonary fissure completeness on major outcomes in children after video-assisted thoracoscopic congenital lung malformation lobectomy

 

A group

B group

Total

P-value

Age(months)

4.2 ± 0.9

6.1 ± 4.3

5.8 ± 4.0

0.054

Gender(male)

19(63.3%)

106(57.3%)

125(58.7%)

0.153

Weight(kg)

6.6 ± 1.6

8.2 ± 1.5

8.0 ± 1.7

0.098

Preoperative respiratory infection

3(10%)

17(9.2%)

20(9.4%)

0.203

Malnutrition

1(3.3%)

3(1.6%)

4(1.9%)

0.112

Chest wall abnormality

1(3.3%)

6(3.2%)

7(3.3%)

0.243

Location

 Right upper lobe

10(33.3%)

16(8.7%)

26(12.2%)

p < 0.001

 Right middle lobe

1(3.3%)

21(11.5%)

22(10.3%)

 

 Right lower lobe

6(20%)

57(31.1%)

63(29.6%)

 

 Left upper lobe

5(16.7%)

26(14.2%)

31(14.6%)

 

 Left lower lobe

8(26.7%)

63(34.4%)

71(33.3%)

 

Operation time (minutes)

96.9 ± 14.9

69.3 ± 15.5

73.2 ± 18.2

p < 0.001

Blood lost (ml)

24.3 ± 10.9

15.2 ± 3.5

15.4 ± 11.8

p < 0.001

Pathological parameters

 Congenial pulmonary airway malformation

21(70.0%)

138(75.4%)

159(74.6%)

0.333

 Intralobar pulmonary sequestration

9(30.0%)

45(24.6%)

54(25.4%)

 

Overall complication

8(26.7%)

28(15.3%)

36(16.9%)

0.011

 Clavien-Dindo grade I

3(10%)

19(10.4%)

22(10.3%)

0.198

  Subcutaneous emphysema

1

11

12

 

  Atelectasis requiring sputum aspiration

2

3

5

 

  Wound infection

0

3

3

 

  Transient phrenic palsy

0

2

2

 

 Clavien-Dindo grade II

3(10%)

6(3.3%)

9(4.2%)

p < 0.001

  Prolonged air leak > 2 days

2

6

8

 

  Pneumonia

1

0

1

 

 Clavien-Dindo grade III

2(6.7%)

3(1.6%)

5(2.3%)

p < 0.001

  Atelectasis requiring a bronchoscope

1

2

3

 

  Chylothorax

1

1

2

 

Length of chest tube drainage (days)

3.5 ± 3.4

2.0 ± 0.8

3.0 ± 1.5

0.032

Length of hospital stay(days)

5.2 ± 3.5

3.9 ± 0.7

4.7 ± 1.5

0.020

  1. Note: Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated