Surgical complications were significantly more common after VAT-PP than after talc pleurodesis , occurring in 24 ( 31 % ) of 78 patients who completed VAT-PP versus ten ( 14 % ) of 73 patients who completed talc pleurodesis ( p = 0019 ) , as were respiratory complications ( 19 [ 24 % ] vs 11 [ 15 % ] ; p = 022 ) and air-leak beyond 10 days ( five [ 6 % ] vs one [ 1 % ] ; p = 021 ) , although not significantly so .