Research Article

[Retracted] Total Thoracoscopic versus Robotic Surgery for Repair of Atrial Septum Defect: A Propensity Matching Score Analysis

Table 1

Patient baseline characteristics before propensity matching.

CharacteristicsThoracoscopic groupRobotic group value
(N = 65)(N = 95)

Male (n (%))23(35.4)3233.70.824
Age (y, mean ± SD)39.69 ± 14.8237.88 ± 16.120.473
Weight (kg, mean ± SD)59.33 ± 10.7758.06 ± 10.790.464
Diabetes (n (%))0(0.0)8(8.4)0.042
Hypertension (n (%))5(7.7)5(5.3)0.771
Current smoke (n (%))2(3.1)5(5.3)0.787
Congestive heart failure (n (%))1(1.5)6(6.3)0.290
Atrial fibrillation (n (%))4(6.2)5(5.3)1.000
Systemic embolism (n (%))0(0.0)0(0.0)NA
Defect diameter (cm, mean ± SD)2.88 ± 0.772.67 ± 0.890.128
Defect type (n (%))0.945
 Fossa ovalis type38(58.5)54(56.8)
 SVC type3(4.6)5(5.3)
 IVC type21(32.3)29(30.5)
 Mixed type3(4.6)7(7.4)
LVEF (%, mean ± SD)62.45 ± 4.6661.74 ± 4.360.328
PASP (mmHg, mean ± SD)51.02 ± 10.9852.41 ± 11.820.452
Creatinine (μmol/L, mean ± SD)63.69 ± 15.3762.86 ± 11.900.714
With PAPVC (n (%))2(3.1)7(7.4)0.419

SVC type: superior vena cava type; IVC type: inferior vena cava type; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; PASP: pulmonary artery systolic pressure; and PAPVC: partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection.