04), surgical time (P = 0.01), the number of chest tube drainages (P < 0.01), and the total length of hospital stay (P = 0.03). However, no patients experienced bronchopleural fistula, postoperative pneumonia, or conversion to thoracotomy in either group. Five patients experienced prolonged air leakage in the IF group, and no prolonged air leakage…[Read more]