approached significancep = 0.056
ESII approached significance (p = 0.056).
ESII approached significance (p = 0.056).
There was a weak trend towards decreasing operation time over the study period (r = -0.289; p = 0.216).
GGO incidence showed an increasing trend between 2017 and 2019 at a frequency of 100 (9%), 159 (12%), 179 (14%) respectively.
The 30-day mortality was lower in Group B (13.8% Vs 20.4%) but this did not reach statistical significance due to the small sample size.
The trend in survival between the two groups appear to diverge after 8 years, although this failed to reach statistical significance.