Table 3 Distribution of the different degrees of pulmonary collapse across three intraoperative parameters
From: One-lung ventilation with a bronchial blocker in thoracic patients
Pulmonary collapse | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | p-value | ||||||
Excellent | Good | Poor | Excellent | Good | Poor | |||
VATS procedure | Yes | 55 | 20 | 1 | 72.4 | 26.3 | 1.3 | 0.034 |
No | 30 | 24 | 3 | 52.6 | 42.1 | 5.3 | ||
Patient positioning | D. lateral | 80 | 35 | 3 | 67.8 | 29.7 | 2.5 | 0.018 |
D. supine | 5 | 9 | 1 | 33.3 | 60.0 | 6.7 | ||
Laterality of insertion | Right | 41 | 32 | 2 | 54.7 | 42.7 | 2.7 | 0.017 |
Left | 44 | 12 | 2 | 75.9 | 20.7 | 3.4 | ||