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Table 2 Intra-operative and post-operative characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer patients with intratumoral lung abscesses (n = 11)

From: Surgical and survival outcomes of lung cancer patients with intratumoral lung abscesses

No.

Tumor location

Tumor size (mm)

Abscess size (mm)

Stage

Histology

Surgery (procedure)

CR

OT (mins)

Bleeding (mL)

Post-operative mobiditya

Survival (months)

Cause of death

1

LUL

75

68

IIIA

ADC

L (O)

322

210

Recurrent LNP (G3)

114.5 (A)

2

RUL

55

54

IV

ADC

L (O)

415

3134

SVA (G2)

27.7 (D)

LC

3

RUL

90

80

IV

SqCC

L (O)

456

2196

1.3 (D)

LC

4

LLL

51

50

IIA

ADC

L (O)

MP

349

1327

57.3 (A)

5

RLL

35

34

IIA

SqCC

L (O)

274

644

CI (G2)

16.1 (D)

LC

6

RLL

36

35

IIA

SCC

L (O)

222

170

35.7 (A)

7

RUL

31

25

IIB

ADC

L (V)

PP

235

75

16.4 (A)

8

LUL

60

55

IIA

SqCC

L (O)

CW

323

63

SCA (G2)

11.1 (A)

9

RUL

55

92b

IV

SqCC

P (O)

PP

347

1930

SVA (G2)

8.57 (A)

10

RLL

107

96

IIB

LCNEC

L (O)

346

1369

Hypoxemia (G2)

11.4 (D)

LC

11

RLL

75

74

IIIA

ADC

B (O)

421

1450

BPF (G4)

9.2 (D)

Pneumonia

  1. aCommon Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.0
  2. bSize of abscess and necrosis of whole lung lobe
  3. Abbreviations: A alive, ADC adenocarcinoma, B bilobectomy, BPF bronchopleural fistula, CI cerebral infarction, CR combined resection, CW chest wall, D deceased, G grade, L lobectomy, LC lung cancer, LCNEC large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, LLL left lower lobe, LNP laryngeal nerve paresis, LUL left upper lobe, MP mediastinal pleura, No., number O open thoracotomy, OT, operative time, P pneumonectomy, PP parietal pleura, RLL right lower lobe, RUL right upper lobe, SCA subcutaneous abscess, SCC spindle cell carcinoma, SqCC squamous cell carcinoma, SVA supraventricular arrhythmia, V video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery