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Table 3 Sites of recurrence after surgery

From: Long-term outcomes after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy versus lobectomy via open thoracotomy for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

 

VATS (13 lesions)

Thoracotomy (14 lesions)

Carcinomatous pleuritis

1

4

Mediastinal LNa metastasis

0

2

 Local recurrence

1

6

Pulmonary metastasis

7

2

Brain metastasis

1

3

Bone metastasis

2

1

Hepatic metastasis

0

1

Others

2

1

 Distant metastasis

12

8

Total

13

14

  1. aLN: lymph node.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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