Although statistical significance was not reached, patients with type 3 lymphatic patterns exhibited numerically longer durations of pleural effusion and hospital stay, suggesting a possible trend toward more complex postoperative courses, consistent with the previous literature.[ 2 , 3 , 7 ] However, these findings should be interpreted with caution due to the exploratory nature of the study and small subgroup sizes.
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Lymphatic evaluation with magnetic resonance lymphangiography in Fontan patients: Our single-center experience.
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Although these differences did not reach statistical significance, they indicated a clinically relevant tendency (Table 1, Figure 1).
Patients with type 3 morphology showed a trend toward worse outcomes.