A controlled retrospective study was performed in this hospital. Patients with clinical diagnosis of SPN were undergone thoracoscopy or
thoracotomy. Data of operation time, hours of stay in recover room, duration and volume of
chest tube drainage, accuracy of biopsies, days of hospitalization and the whole cost of hospitalization were evaluated.
RESULTS: All patients were received lung biopsies and wedge resections (thoracoscopy 26,
thoracotomy 47), and they were diagnosed pathologically. The days of hospitalization were similar in the two groups. The minutes of operation had no significant difference (thoracoscopy: 103.9±29.4 minutes,
thoracotomy: 94.7±33.9 minutes). Both groups had equivalent duration of
chest tube drainage (thoracoscopy: 60.3±25.0 hours,
thoracotomy: 62.5±20.1 hours, P =0.687) . The total volume of
chest tube drainage showed no difference in both groups. The hours of stay in recover room (thoracoscopy: 75.4±21.6 hours,
thoracotomy: 80.4±17.7 hours, P =0.287) and days of hospitalization after operation (thoracoscopy: 11.3±3.4 days,
thoracotomy: 10.6±2.4 days, P = 0.304 ) were not different significantly. The whole cost of thoracoscopy was 17 800.2±6 038.9 CNY and
thoracotomy was 17 677.4±6 327.8 CNY ( P = 0.936 ).
CONCLUSIONS: