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Table 4 Surgical types and final diagnoses

From: Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for multiple pulmonary nodules: comparison of methylene blue and coil

 

Methylene blue group

Coil group

P value

Technical success of wedge/segmental resection

100%

100%

Time from localization to surgery (h)

1 (Q1: 1; Q3: 1.5)

15.5 (Q1: 5; Q3: 17.5)

< 0.001

Duration of VATS (min)

90 (Q1: 60; Q3: 165)

155 (Q1: 82.5; Q3: 203.8)

0.092

Types of resection

  

0.433

 Wedge resection

24

30

 

 Segmental resection

6

5

 

 Wedge resection + lobectomy

3

1

 

Final diagnosis

  

0.023

 Invasive adenocarcinoma

6

2

 

 MIA

4

1

 

 AIS

8

7

 

 Atypical hyperplasia

1

10

 

 Benign

13

16

 

Patients with multiple lung cancers

6

3

0.193

  1. VATS video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, MIA mini-invasive adenocarcinoma, AIS adenocarcinoma in situ