Table 1 Baseline characteristics of Patients.
Variables | Teaching period | Learning period | ||||||
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Total N = 323 | Non-used n = 71 | Used n = 252 | P value | Total N = 58 | Non-used n = 27 | Used n = 31 | P value | |
Age (year) | 57.39 ± 11.78 | 57.68 ± 10.32 | 57.31 ± 12.18 | 0.819 | 53.86 ± 10.86 | 54.30 ± 9.97 | 53.48 ± 11.74 | 0.780 |
Sex (M/F) | 138/185 | 30/41 | 108/144 | 0.928 | 25/33 | 11/16 | 14/17 | 0.735 |
Smoking (no/yes) | 244/79 | 57/14 | 187/65 | 0.293 | 40/18 | 19/8 | 21/10 | 0.829 |
Tumor size (cm) | 1.45 ± 0.61 | 1.37 ± 0.60 | 1.48 ± 0.61 | 0.191 | 1.41 ± 0.52 | 1.43 ± 0.56 | 1.39 ± 0.48 | 0.963 |
Affected side (R/L) | 145/178 | 41/30 | 114/138 | 0.062 | 33/25 | 15/12 | 18/13 | 0.874 |
Comorbidity (no/yes) | ||||||||
Heart disease | 252/71 | 54/17 | 198/54 | 0.651 | 46/12 | 21/6 | 25/6 | 0.788 |
COPD | 252/71 | 57/14 | 195/57 | 0.602 | 42/16 | 20/7 | 22/9 | 0.792 |
Diabetes | 279/44 | 58/13 | 221/31 | 0.192 | 47/11 | 21/6 | 26/5 | 0.555 |
Hypertension | 242/81 | 50/21 | 192/60 | 0.322 | 45/13 | 22/5 | 23/8 | 0.507 |
Cerebrovascular | 280/43 | 59/12 | 221/31 | 0.314 | 280/43 | 24/3 | 24/7 | 0.311 |
Type of surgery | - | |||||||
S1 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
S2 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
S3 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
S6 | 57 | 9 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 8 | ||
S8 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
S8 + S9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
S9 + S10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Basal | 34 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
S1+2 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
S1+2+S3 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lingula | 28 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 |