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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: The feasibility of a Two-incision video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy

Characteristics

No. (%)

Histology (n = 73)

Malignancy

65 (89)

 

Primary

61 (84)

 

Adenocarcinoma

35 (48)

Squamous cell carcinoma

18 (25)

Others

8 (11)

Metastasis

4 (6)

 

Recurrent lung cancer (adenocarcinoma)

2 (3)

Rectal cancer (Adenocarcinoma)

2 (3)

Benign

8 (11)

 

Tuberculosis

3 (4)

Bronchiectasis

3 (4)

Pulmonary sequestration

1 (1)

Bronchogenic cyst

1 (1)

Type of surgery (n = 74)

Segmentectomy

2 (3)

Right upper lobectomy

20 (27)

Right middle lobectomy

5 (7)

Right lower lobectomy

18 (24)

Left upper lobectomy

11 (15)

Left lower lobectomy

14 (19)

Bilobectomy (right middle & lower)

3 (4)

 

Pneumonectomy (left)

1 (3)