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Table 4 Associations between thoracoscopic pulmonary metastasectomy and clinicopathologic parameters in 15 procedures

From: Long-term survival after pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with lung metastasis

Parameters

Ā 

Thoracoscopic metastasectomy

Ā Ā 

Single

Port

Two or Three Port

p-value

Number

11

4

Ā 

Age (Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰Std. Deviation)

60.18ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.4

62.25ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.9

0.58

Tumor Pathology

SCC

10

4

0.55

Ā 

Adeno

1

0

Ā 

Clinical 7th AJCC stage

III

6

3

0.49

Ā 

IV

5

1

Ā 

Clinical T classification

T3

6

1

0.33

Ā 

T4b

5

3

Ā 

Clinical N classification

N0

4

0

0.17

Ā 

N1-3

7

4

Ā 

Clinical M classification

M0

6

3

0.49

Ā 

M1

5

1

Ā 

Treatment before diagnosis

Yes

5

2

0.88

Ā 

No

6

2

Ā 

Tumor grade

1

0

1

0.03*

Ā 

2

6

3

Ā 
Ā 

3

5

0

Ā 

Primary tumor location

Cervical

5

2

0.67

Ā 

Upper

1

0

Ā 
Ā 

Middle

3

2

Ā 
Ā 

Lower

2

0

Ā 

Post-operative hospital stay

Ā 

7.91ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.8

5.25ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.3

0.09

Post-operative NRS

0

2

0

0.38

Ā 

1

3

0

Ā 
Ā 

2

4

2

Ā 
Ā 

3

2

2

Ā 

Post-operative complication

Ā 

0

0

Ā 
  1. *=Statistically significant. SCCā€‰=ā€‰Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Adenoā€‰=ā€‰Adenocarcinoma, AJCCā€‰=ā€‰The American Joint Committee on Cancer, Tā€‰=ā€‰the extent of the tumor, Nā€‰=ā€‰the extent of spread to the lymph nodes, Mā€‰=ā€‰the presence of metastasis, NRSā€‰=ā€‰Numeric Rating Scale for pain. Chi-square test, and independent t test was used for statistical analysis