From: A comparison of perioperative outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) Lobectomy with open thoracotomy and lobectomy: Results of an analysis using propensity score based weighting
Thoracotomy
n = 62
VATS
n = 74
p-value
Male
47%
30%
0.054
FEV1% pred
79 (19)
85 (19)
0.040
CCI
1.7 (1.3)
0.982
Age
65 (10.3)
67 (10.9)
0.489
ASA
2.3 (0.6)
1.8 (0.7)
<0.001