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Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Thoracic day surgery versus thoracic inpatient surgery for treatment of patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

References

Pulmonary function tests

Surgical methods

Operation approach

Tumor location

FEV1% predicted

DLCO % predicted

Open

Minimally invasive

Lobectomy

Segmentectomy

RUL

RML

RLL

LUL

LLL

Other

Dong et al. [9]

–

–

0

20

10

10

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

28

17

11

–

–

–

–

–

–

Patel et al. [4]

–

–

84

770

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

72

10,617

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Drawbert et al. [2]

–

–

1811

1400

–

–

1211

348

666

925

583

86

–

–

2068

1646

–

–

1206

315

677

906

617

98

Linden et al. [7]

88.36 ± 10.45

78.65 ± 20.16

152

1669

1494

327

–

–

–

–

–

–

84.25 ± 12.17

74.14 ± 18.35

14,275

30,229

39,943

4561

–

–

–

–

–

–

Dong et al. [6]

–

–

–

–

51

84

43

14

15

48

16

 

–

–

–

–

92

124

75

20

31

63

28

 

Towe et al. [8]

85.31 ± 8.98

83.90 ± 15.21

2

446

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

75.62 ± 7.42

73.21 ± 13.96

33

580

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Geraci et al. [10]

89.12 ± 20.66

82.45 ± 13.12

–

–

53

79

36

12

23

46

15

–

85.43 ± 16.35

79.89 ± 11.28

–

–

71

37

43

8

25

23

16

–

  1. FEV1% predicted, percent of forced expiratory volume in 1 s predicted; DLCO% predicted, percent of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide predicted
  2. RUL right upper lobe; RML right middle lobe; RLL right lower lobe; LUL left upper lobe; LLL left lower lobe