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Table 2 Patient Outcomes After Propensity Score Matching by a History of Pulmonary Infection

From: Previous pulmonary infection impacts thoracoscopic procedure outcomes in patients with congenital lung malformations: a retrospective cohort study

Outcomes

NPI (n = 87)

PI (n = 87)

P Value

Conversion to thoracotomy, n

1(1.1%)

8(9.2%)

0.039a

Operative time, min, median (IQR)

49(40–52)

51(44–67)

< 0.001b

Blood loss, ml, median (IQR)

5(3–12)

10(3–20)

0.044b

Length of stay, d, median (IQR)

6(5–6)

8(6–11)

< 0.001b

Postsurgical length of stay, d, median (IQR)

3(3–3)

5(3–6)

< 0.001b

Chest tube placement, n

63(72.4%)

66(75.9%)

0.701a

Chest tube placement time, d, median (IQR)

1(1–1)

2(1–2)

< 0.001c

Clavien-Dindo Complication Grade

   

I

30(34.5%)

20(23.0%)

0.002a

II

57(65.5%)

66(75.9%)

0.004a

III

0

1(1.1%)

 

IV

0

0

 

Residual lesion, n

0

0

 
  1. a McNemar χ2 test
  2. b Wilcoxon signed rank test
  3. c Mann-Whitney U test