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Table 5 Short- and medium-term patient-centred outcomes

From: Laser pulmonary metastasectomy preserves parenchyma: a single-centre retrospective study from the United Kingdom

 

Laser-assisted

Stapled

P value

Dyspnoea at 3 months

2/27 (7%)

1/29 (3%)

0.5109

Dyspnoea at 1 year

0/17 (0%)

1/22 (6%)

0.3590

Surgical-site pain at 3 months

7/27 (26%)

8/29 (28%)

0.8885

Surgical-site pain at 1 year

2/17 (15%)

1/22 (6%)

0.4218

Failure to return to activities of daily living at 3 months

5/27 (19%)

3/29 (10%)

0.3824

Failure to return to activities of daily living at 1 year

2/17 (15%)

4/22 (25%)

0.5250

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. **p < 0.005
  3. ***p < 0.0005