Table 1 Characteristics of patients with air leaks from the interlobar lung parenchyma during pulmonary lobectomy
From: Clinical effect of soft coagulation for air leak treatment during pulmonary lobectomy
|  | Number (%) or median [range] (N = 42) |
|---|---|
Sex (male/female) | 30/12 |
Age (years) | 71.5 [56–86] |
Pulmonary emphysema (+ / −) | 20/22 |
COPD (+ / −) | 16/26 |
Resected pulmonary lobe | Â |
 LUL | 13 |
 LLL | 3 |
 RUL | 13 |
 RML | 3 |
 RLL | 9 |
 RUL + RML | 1 |
Macchiarini scale | Â |
 Score 1 | 8 (UL: 5, ML: 1, LL: 2) |
 Score 2 | 17 (UL: 13, LL: 4) |
 Score 3 | 17 (UL: 8, ML: 2, LL: 6, UML: 1) |
Chest tube duration (days) | 2.0 [1–31] |