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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with OT group, shorter postoperative hospital stay [(8. 2 2. 5) d vs. (9. 8 6. 2) d, P = 0. 03], lower morbidity rate (11. 3 % vs. 21. 7 %, P = 0. 02) and lower increase of plasma concentration of IL-6 at POD 1 [(35 25) % vs. (65 43) %, P = 0. 00], IL-6 at POD 3 [(14 22) % vs. (55 44) %, P = 0. 00] and IL-10 at POD 1 [(25 20) % vs. (43 35) %, P = 0. 00] were observed in patients of VATS group.