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Table 2 Procedural success rate, cost, complications, and duration of localization for the two groups

From: CT guided autologous blood localization of pulmonary ground glass nodules for video assisted thoracoscopic surgery compared to micro-coil localization

Variables

Group M

GroupB

P

Localization success rate

26/31

32/34

0.183

Complication

7/31

1/34

0.042

  Pneumothorax

4

1

 

  Haemothorax

1

0

 

  Aeroembolism

0

0

 

  Hemoptysis

1

0

 

Duration for localization procedure (min)

16.3 ± 2.7

14.6 ± 2.2

0.007

Cost of localization procedure ($, Dollar)

475.6 ± 8.5

92.4 ± 3.2

0.001