Measures to accelerate recovery from stage III tuberculous empyema: tuberculous empyema surgical and recovery methods

Table 4 Postoperative complications in each group

	TD + TRP n = 71	TD + ERAS n = 86	VATD + TRP n = 93	VATD + ERAS n = 110	P
Delayed wound healing (I)	0	2 (2.33%)	0	0	N/A
Reoperation (III)	0	1 (1.16%)	1 (1.08%)	0	N/A
Spread of tuberculosis (II)	0	0	1 (1.08%)	0	N/A
Pulmonary infection (II)	1 (1.41%)	0	0	0	N/A
Prolonged drain duration (I)	2 (2.82%)	0	1 (1.08%)	1 (0.91%)	N/A
Readmission within 30 days of surgery (II)	0	0	0	1 (0.91%)	N/A
Total	3 (4.2%)	3 (3.49%)	3 (3.23%)	2 (1.82%)	0.326

Data are presented as the frequency (percentage). ERAS Enhanced recovery after surgery, TD Thoracotomy decortication, TRP Traditional rehabilitation procedures, VATD Video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication
The complications were classified according to the Clavien-Dindo classification scale and documented with corresponding grades. However, due to the limited number of cases in each complication category, no statistically significant differences were observed between groups. Consequently, subgroup comparisons based on complication grades were not performed

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