Lung cancer with chest wall invasion: retrospective analysis comparing en-bloc resection and ‘resection in bird cage’

Table 2 Parameters related to the surgical procedure

	En-bloc resection		‘Resection in bird cage’
	N	Value	N	Value	p-value
Postoperative complications	17	10 (58.8%)	13	9 (69.2%)	0.42
Duration of hospital stays (days)	14	36.5 (10–62)	11	55 (25–177)	0.13
Postoperative radiotherapy	18	8 (44.4%)	11	1 (9.10%)	0.052
Postoperative chemotherapy	17	3 (17.7%)	10	1 (10%)	0.91

Results expressed as median (minimum and maximum values) or number (percentage). N = Represents the total number of cases in which the finding was evaluated retrospectively.

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