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Table 4 Intraoperative and postoperative complications

From: Segmentectomy as a safe and equally effective surgical option under complete video-assisted thoracic surgery for patients of stage I non-small cell lung cancer

  

Segmentectomy (N=36)

Lobectomy (N=138)

Total (N=174)

P

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Intraoperative complication

hemorrhoea

1 (2.8%)

6 (4.3%)

7 (4.0%)

 
 

pleural adhesions

-

4 (2.9%)

4 (2.3%)

 
 

total

1 (2.8%)

10 (7.2%)

11 (6.3%)

0.85

Postoperative complication

pneumoderma

1 (2.8%)

1 (0.7%)

2 (1.1%)

 
 

air leakage

-

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.6%)

 
 

hemorrhoea

-

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.6%)

 
 

hypoxemia

2 (5.6%)

-

2 (1.1%)

 
 

total

3 (8.3%)

3 (2.2%)

6 (3.4%)

0.07

  1. *P<0.05 is considered statistically significant.