All 53 patients in the conventional thoracotomy group were taken to the intensive care unit immediately after recovery in the postanesthesia care unit, compared with only 2 4.25% of the 47 patients in the VATS group.
Todos los pacientes sometidos a toracotomía convencional luego de su recuperación en la sala post anestésica ingresaron a la unidad de cuidados intensivos. En contraste de sólo dos, el 4,25%, del grupo VATS.