Analysis of the unplanned reoperation following surgical treatment of pulmonary tumor

Table 1 Clinical and demographical characteristics of 41 patients who received unplanned reoperations

Characteristics	Classification	N (%)
Gender	Male Female	36 (87.8%) 5 (12.2%)
Age(years)	X ± SD	60.1 ± 9.1
Smoker History	Yes No	28 (68.3%) 13 (31.7%)
The usage of platelet aggregation inhibitor	Yes No	3 (7.3%) 38 (92.7%)
Comorbidities^†	DM Hypertension CHD Cerebral Infarction None	10 (24.4%) 6 (14.6%) 2 (4.9%) 1 (2.4%) 25 (61.0%)
Tumor location	Right upper lobe	17 (38.6%)
	Right middle lobe	2 (4.6%)
	Right lower lobe	11 (25.0%)
	Left upper lobe	7 (15.9%)
	Left lower lobe	6 (13.6%)
	The left hilar	1 (2.3%)
Histology	Benign	9^‡ (20.5%)
Histology	Malignant	35^§ (79.5%)
TNM stage	Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III	3 20 10 2
Surgery approach	RATS	10
	VATS	19
	Thoracotomy	12
Lymph node dissection	Yes No	33 8

^†3 patients had two comorbidities simultaneously
^‡Four inflammatory pseudotumors and four tuberculoma; 1 patient had bi-primary benign tumor
^§17 adenocarcinoma, 12 squamous cell carcinoma, one neuroendocrine carcinoma, one small cell lung cancer, one large cell lung cancer and, one poorly differentiated carcinoma; 2 patients had bi-primary lung cancer
DM diabetes mellitus; CHD coronary heart disease; VATS Video-Assisted thoracoscopic surgery; RATS Robot-assisted thoracic surgery

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