Table 2 Localization outcomes
Localization technique used for each nodule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total nodules (n = 36) n (%) | Pre-op localization (n = 16) n (%) | Intra-op localization (n = 20) n (%) |
Hookwire only | 9 (25.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 5 (25.0%) |
Hookwire + ICG†| 21 (58.0%) | 8 (50.0%) | 13 (65.0%) |
Hookwire + ICG† + Lipiodol | 3 (8.0%) | 1 (6.0%) | 2 (10.0%) |
Microcoil + ICG†| 3 (8.0%) | 3 (19.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Summary of localization procedural complications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total Patients (n = 30) n (%) | Pre-op Localization (n = 13) n (%) | Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%) |
All | 14 (47.0%) | 7 (54.0%) | 7 (41.0%) |
Minor pneumothorax‡ | 8 (26.7%) | 3 (23.1%) | 5 (29.4%) |
Significant pneumothorax‡ | 3 (10.0%) | 2 (15.4%) | 1 (5.9%) |
Hookwire/ Coil dislodgement | 3 (10.0%) | 2 (15.4%) | 1 (5.9%) |
Statistical analyses of outcomes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome | Mean (SD) or Median (IQR) | Mean Difference (95% CI) or Median Difference | t-Statistic (df) or U-statistic | p-Value | ||||||||
Total patients (n = 30) | Pre-op Localization (n = 13) | Intra-op Localization (n = 17) | ||||||||||
Localization duration (min) | 48.6 (20.2) | 46.7 (15.5) | 50.0 (23.6) |  − 3.3 ( − 18.8 to 12.2) |  − 0.4 (28) | 0.66* | ||||||
Effective radiation dose (mSV) § | 4.2 (2.3 to 10.5) | 10.4 (3.9 to 14.7) | 3.2 (1.9 to 4.4) | 7.2 | 50.00 | 0.01** | ||||||
Outcome | Total Patients (n = 30) n (%) | Pre-op Localization (n = 13) n (%) | Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%) | χ2—statistic (df) | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complication | Yes | 14 (47.0%) | 7 (54.0%) | 7 (41.0%) | 0.475 (1) | 0.5** | ||||||
No | 16 (53.0.%) | 6 (46.0%) | 10 (59.0%) | |||||||||