Table 1 Patient and nodule characteristics
Patient characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total (n = 30) n (%) or mean (SD) | Pre-Op Localization (n = 13) n (%) or mean (SD) | Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%) or mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 62.4 (10.7) | 60.4 (13.6) | 64.0 (8.0) | |
Gender | Male | 15 (50%) | 6 (46.2%) | 9 (52.9%) |
Female | 15 (50%) | 7 (53.8%) | 8 (47.1%) | |
Smoking status | Current | 5 (16.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 4 (23.5%) |
Previous | 6 (20.0%) | 4 (30.8%) | 2 (11.8%) | |
Life-long non-smoker | 19 (63.3%) | 8 (61.5%) | 11 (64.7%) | |
Previous ipsilateral Lobectomy | 4 (13.3%) | 2 (11.8%) | 2 (11.8%) | |
Previous malignancy | 18 (60.0%) | 10 (76.9%) | 8 (61.5%) | |
Charlson comorbidity Index | 5.2 (2.5) | 5.3 (2.9) | 5.1 (2.1) | |
Nodule characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total (n = 36) n (%) or mean (SD) | Pre-Op Localization (n = 16) n (%) or mean (SD) | Intra-op Localization (n = 20) n (%) or mean (SD) | |
Nodule size (mm) | 10.5 (4.6) | 10.4 (5.0) | 10.6 (4.3) | |
Distance to pleura (mm) | 7.6 (6.5) | 7.4 (7.1) | 7.7 (6.2) | |
Location†| RUL | 5 (14.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 1 (5.0%) |
RML | 2 (6.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
RLL | 15 (42.0%) | 3 (19.0%) | 12 (60.0%) | |
LUL | 7 (19.0%) | 5 (31.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
LLL | 7 (19.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 3 (15.0%) | |
Radiological characteristic | Ground-glass | 13 (36.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 9 (45.0%) |
Mixed solid-ground glass | 10 (28.0%) | 7 (44.0%) | 3 (15.0%) | |
Solid | 13 (36.0%) | 5 (31.0%) | 8 (40.0%) | |
Number of nodules in each patient | 1 | 26 (86.7%) | 11 (84.6%) | 15 (88.2%) |
2 | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (5.9%) | |
3 | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (5.9%) | |