Table 1 Simple descriptive analysis showing the complication rate, margin status, length of stay, and survival rate between the primary lung cancer group and the pulmonary metastasis

Surgical complexity

 Limited

28 (40.6%)

120 (89.5%)

 Lobectomy

28 (40.6%)

7 (5.2%)

 Complex

13 (18.8%)

7 (5.2%)

Complications

 None

63 (91.3%)

130 (97%)

 Pulmonary^a

3 (4.3%)

0

 Cardiac^b

1 (1.4%)

2 (1.5%)

 Infection^c

2 (2.9%)

2 (1.5%)

Margin

 Positive

0

4 (3%)

 Negative

69 (100%)

130 (97%)

LOS^d (days)

 Mean (± SD^e)

3.67 (± 2.801)

1.9 (± 2.084)

 Median (Min–Max)

3 (1–14)

1 (1–20)

Survival rate

 DFS^f

87.0%

68.6%

 OS^g

91.3%

82.8%