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Table 2 Postoperative morbidity, mortality and bronchopleural fistula occurrence

From: Standard versus extended pneumonectomy for lung cancer: what really matters?

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

χ2

P

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

  

Postoperative morbidity

11/82

(13.4)

7/38

(18.4)

15/44

(34)

7,705

0.021

Postoperative mortality

0

(0)

0

(0)

7/44

(15.9)

*

**

Bronchopleural fistula

5/82

(6.1)

1/38

(2.6)

6/44

(13.6)

4,001

0.135

  1. *Group 1 vs group 3 (χ 2 = 10.947); group 2 vs group 3 (χ 2 = 4.729).
  2. **Group 1 vs group 3 (P = 0.029); group 2 vs group 3 (P < 0.001).