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Table 1 Characteristics of all thoracic surgery patients at all institutions the year before and after standardization

From: Improvements in thoracic surgery outcomes: a multi-institutional collaboration study

 

Before

After

All chest surgery patients

n=373

n=372

Age

62.0 (14–92)

63.0 (16–93)

Men

244 (65%)

242 (65%)

Disease

  

 Primary lung cancer

159

189

 Metastatic lung tumor

57

66

 Benign lung tumor

2

2

 Inflammatory lung disease

20

19

 Mediastinal tumor

29

25

 Chest wall tumor

3

4

 Empyema

12

2

 Spontaneous pneumothorax

75

60

 Cystic lung disease

2

0

 Others

14

5

Type of surgery

  

 Pneumonectomy

3

1

 Lobectomy

99

100

 Segmentectomy

21

20

 Partial lung resection

188

211

 Mediastinal tumor removal

26

25

 Chest wall tumor resection

4

4

 Empyema

12

2

 Biopsy

7

3

 Others

13

6

Surgical approach

  

 VATS

69

53

 Minithoracotomy (<8 cm)

238

280

 Others

66

39

  1. VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery using only monitor view.