Efficiency Analysis of Direct Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Elderly Patients with Blunt Traumatic Hemothorax without an Initial Thoracostomy

Table 3

Comparison of clinical outcomes between the 2 groups.

	Direct VATS without tube thoracostomy in ED (14); group 1	Tube thoracostomy in ED (64); group 2
Duration of ventilator support (days)	4.68, SD = 5.65	10.03, SD = 14.81	0.034
Duration of chest tube use	9.36, SD = 3.18	13.40, SD = 8.43	0.004
Positive microbial cultures in sputum	4 (28.6%)	36 (56.3%)	0.061
Positive microbial cultures in pleural effusions	2 (14.3%)	14 (21.9%)	0.524
ICU LOS	6.36, SD = 3.13	9.34, SD = 8.27	0.029
In-hospital LOS	15.93, SD = 6.33	23.17, SD = 17.21	0.010
Expense (NTD)	136747.67, SD = 54495.06	199680.38, SD = 171032.54	0.165
Mortality	0	4 (6.3%)	0.337