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Table 1 Demographic features of patients and radiological features of nodules

From: Computed tomography-guided preoperative semi-rigid hook-wire localization of small pulmonary nodules: 74 cases report

Patients

74

Location procedure

81

Sex ratio(men/women)

32/42

Mean age (y)

53.5 range (24–72)

Tumor history

none

Location

 Upper lobe

48 (59.3%)

 Middle lobe

4 (4.9%)

 Lower lobe

29 (35.8%)

 Right lung

52(64.2%)

 Left lung

29 (35.8%)

Aspect of the lesion

 Pure GGO

36 (44.4%)

 Part-solid

38 (46.9%)

 Solid

7 (8.7%)

 Number of hook wires used (single/double)

74/7

 Nodule size (mm) (MEAN ± SD)

8 ± 3.46

 Distance from lesion to pleural surface (mm) (MEAN ± SD)

7.6 ± 7.79

 Procedure time of hook wire localization (min) (MEAN ± SD)

10 ± 1.58