Surgical procedures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Variable | Before COVID-19 pandemic | During COVID-19 pandemic | Overall | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of patients n = 330 | Length of stay, mean ± SD, d | Length of stay, median, d | No. (%) of patients n = 320 | Length of stay, mean ± SD, d | Length of stay, median, d | No. (%) of patients n = 650 | ||
| MIS categorization | 0.2 | |||||||
| Open | 102 (30.9) | 7.5 ± 9.6 | 5 | 88 (27.5) | 7.9 ± 12.4 | 5 | 190 (29.2) | |
| Thoracoscopic | 147 (44.5) | 3.9 ± 7.2 | 2 | 164 (51.2) | 3.9 ± 4.6 | 3 | 311 (47.8) | |
| Robotic | 81 (24.5) | 3.4 ± 2.3 | 3 | 68 (21.2) | 3.4 ± 3.0 | 3 | 149 (22.9) | |
| Type of surgery | 0.9 | |||||||
| Sublobar | 101 (30.6) | — | — | 104 (32.5) | — | — | 205 (31.5) | |
| Lobectomy | 216 (65.4) | — | — | 203 (63.4) | — | — | 419 (64.5) | |
| Pneumonectomy | 13 (3.9) | — | — | 13 (4.1) | — | — | 26 (4.0) | |
MIS = minimally invasive surgery; SD = standard deviation.