Comparative clinical study of total thoracoscopic surgery and thoracoscopy-assisted small-incision surgery for multiple rib fractures.

Sci Rep · 2026 · PMC13153377 · PMID 41865010

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Subgroup comparisons showed that patients aged >60 years had a longer postoperative length of stay than those aged ≤60 years (9.7 ± 2.4 vs 7.1 ± 1.8 days; p = 0.038), corresponding to a 36.6% relative increase, and had higher odds of postoperative complications, although this did not reach statistical significance (OR = 2.47, 95% CI: 0.86–7.11; p = 0.092) (Table S2).

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