Data

Chest tube + lavage-irrigation

N = 127

Chest tube thoracostomy

N = 119

p value

Mortality n (%)

7 (5.51)

10 (8.40)

0.903

Complications rate n (%)

-Partial lung expansion/Atelectasis

-Air leak

-septicemia

-Pulmonary embolism

-Pericardial effusion

28 (22.04)

11

12

4

0

1

42 (35.29)

9

25

7

1

0

0.833

0.401

0.707

0.894

0.907

0.250

Treatment failure rate n (%)

Stage 2

Stage 3

18 (14.17)

7 (5.51)

11 (8.66)

31 (26.05)

22 (18.48)

9 (7.56)

0.075

0.037^*

0.110

Length of stay (days)

19.4 ± 9.7

31.7 ± 12.7

0.022^*

Chest tube in situ (days)

10.1 ± 3.4

24.5 ± 6.7

0.040^*

Antibiotics used (days)

13.6 ± 19.9

12. 8 ± 21.3

0.688

Subsequent procedures need n (%)

-Aspiration

-Respiratory kinesitherapy

-Nutrition therapy

45 (35.43)

119 (93.70)

85 (66.92)

96 (80.67)

110 (92.43)

93 (78.15)

0.063

1.046

0.907

Postoperative pain n (%)

34 (26.77)

53 (44.53)

0.451

Re-drainage n (%)

12 (9.44)

19 (15.96)

0.866

Hospital cost (USD)

103.6 ± 4.1

258.5 ± 7.5

0.015^*

Recovery times (days)

23.6 ± 9.9

38.4 ± 9.7

0.052