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Table 1 Perioperative and postoperative results of the patients

From: Novel method for bronchial stump coverage for prevents postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula: pedicled thymopericardial fat flap

Variables

TPFF coverage (n = 53)

Non-coverage (n = 134)

p value

Age, years (mean ± SD)

62.83

60.60

0.064

Gender

  

0.108

 Male

44 (83.0)

126 (94.0)

 

 Female

9 (17.0)

8 (6.0)

 

Operative side [n (%)]

  

0.042

 Left

45 (84.9)

94 (70.1)

 

 Right

8 (15.1)

40 (29.9)

 

Co-morbidities [n (%)]

  

0.346

 Diabetes

11 (20.8)

15 (11.2)

 

 Cardiac disorder

2 (3.8)

10 (7.5)

 

 Hypertension

4 (7.5)

6 (4.5)

 

 Multiple

3 (5.7)

7 (5.2)

 

 None

33 (62.3)

96 (73.1)

 

FEV1 (lt)

2.14 ± 0.56

2.26 ± 0.56

0.187

FEV1 (%)

75.23 ± 14.25

84.43 ± 78.56

0.403

Preoperative serum albümine (mean ± SD)

4.28 ± 0.70

4.08 ± 0.45

0.023

Neoadjuvant therapy [n (%)]

  

0.176

 No

35 (68.6)

105 (78.9)

 

 Yes

16 (31.4)

28 (21.1)

 

Operation time (minutes) (mean ± SD)

224.53 ± 73.53

200.65 ± 95.91

0.101

Drainage time (days) (mean ± SD)

3.72 ± 2.24

3.92 ± 2.48

0.673

Hospitalization time (days) (mean ± SD)

5.92 ± 3.39

6.27 ± 3.23

0.592

Tumor size (mean ± SD)

5.21 ± 2.16

5.23 ± 2.31

0.951

Surgical margin to the main bronchus

2.51 ± 1.82

2.13 ± 1.42

0.180

Adjuvant chemotherapy [n (%)]

  

0.621

 No

22 (41.5)

50 (37.6)

 

 Yes

31 (58.5)

83 (62.4)

 

Adjuvant radiotherapy [n (%)]

  

0.424

 No

33 (78.6)

65 (84.4)

 

 Yes

9 (21.4)

12 (15.6)

 

Pathological stage [n (%)]

  

0.238

 Stage I

8 (15.1)

11 (12.6)

 

 Stage II

15 (28.3)

37 (42.5)

 

 Stage III

30 (56.6)

39 (44.8)

 

BPF [n (%)]

  

0.044

 No

52 (98.1)

119 (88.8)

 

 Yes

1 (1.9)

15 (11.2)