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Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups

From: Randomized controlled trial of an alternative drainage strategy vs routine chest tube insertion for postoperative pain after thoracoscopic wedge resection

 

CT group (n = 42)

VC group (n = 38)

P value

Age, years

54.7 ± 11.6

53.6 ± 9.2

0.646

Sex

  

0.644

 Female

28

23

 

 Male

14

15

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 2.4

22.3 ± 2.7

0.169

Classification of ASA

  

1.000

 I

39

35

 

 II

3

3

 

Surgical incision length, cm

3.6 ± 0.5

3.5 ± 0.6

0.713

Surgery time, median (25th–75th percentiles), minutes

60 (50–88)

60 (50–89)

0. 927

Resection length, median (25th–75th percentiles), mm

135 (120–180)

135 (120–180)

0. 636

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± SD, median (range)
  2. CT Chest Tube, VC Venous Catheter, BMI Body Mass Index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists