Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?

Table 1 Basic characteristics of cases

Characteristics	Uniportal VATS	Uniportal AVATS	p Value
Pleural procedures, n	113	41
Age (years): mean ± SD	53.73 ± 18.10	76.17 ± 12.67	< 0.001*
Male	80 (70.8%)	35 (85.4%)	0.104
CCI: mean ± SD	2.30 ± 2.09	5.24 ± 2.27	< 0.001*
No	58 (51.3%)	2 (4.9%)
Yes	55 (48.7%)	39 (95.1%)
^aFEV₁%: mean ± SD	71.63 ± 17.77	59.25 ± 15.09	0.007*

VATS Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, AVATS Awake video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, FEV1 forced expiratory volume of air in 1 s
^a Data are available for 8 AVATS patients and 36 VATS patients

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