| Authors | Lesions, n | Location of the lesion | Paris classification | Mean size (mm) | Operation time (min) | Mean follow-up (mo) |
|---|
| Ht | Ht + Mt | Mt | Mt + Lt | Lt | I | IIa | IIb | IIc | IIa + IIb | IIa + IIc | IIb + IIc | III |
|---|
| Wang et al. [17] | 311 | 24 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 87 | 18 | 111 | 94 | 35 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 3 | Circumferential extent, n (1) | 102.4 | 20.2 |
| Zhang et al. [18] | 46 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Circumferential extent, n (2) | 74.5 | NA |
| Zhang et al. [12] | 52 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 | NA | Circumferential extent, n (3) | 93.2 | NA |
| Huang et al. [19] | 38 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | NA | 39.0 (M) | 38.0 (M) | NA |
| Gan et al. [20] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61.4 | 121.1 | 7.3 |
| Ye et al. [21] | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 (M) | 145.0 (M) | 16 (M) |
| Pioche et al. [22] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 76.7 | NA |
| Linghu et al. [23] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 77.0 | 7.4 |
| Arantes et al. [24] | 25 | NA | NA | 25.0 | 85.0 | 21.4 |
- Ht higher thoracic, Mt middle thoracic, Lt lower thoracic, M Median
- Circumferential extent, n (1): ≤ 1/4 (3.5%); ≤ 1/2 (52.4%); ≤ 3/4 (20.9%); ≤ 7/8 (13.2%); ≤1 (10.0%)
- Circumferential extent, n (2): ≥ 1/3, < 1/2 7 (15.2%); ≥ 1/2, < 3/4 17 (37.0%); ≥ 3/4, < 4/4 4 (8.7%); 4 /4 18 (39.1%)
- Circumferential extent, n (3): ≥ 1/3, < 3/4 29 (55.77%); ≥ 3/4 23 (44.23%)
