Hybrid operating room with ceiling mounted imaging system assisted pre-operative and intra-operative lung nodule localization for thoracoscopic resections: a 5-year case series

Table 3 Surgical outcomes

Surgical technique used for each patient
	Total Patients (n = 30) n (%)	Pre-op Localization (n = 13) n (%)	Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%)
Wedge	25 (83.0%)	11 (85.0%)	14 (82.0%)
Wedge + Lobectomy	5 (17.0%)	2 (15.0%)	3 (18.0%)
Conversion to thoracotomy	0	0	0
Successful resection of lesion with wedge resection	30 (100.0%)	13 (100.0%)	17 (100.0%)

Summary of post-surgical complications
	Total Patients (n = 30) n (%)	Pre-op Localization (n = 13) n (%)	Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%)
All	8 (27.0%)	3 (23.0%)	3 (19.0%)
Prolonged air leak	5 (19.0%)	2 (18.0%)	3 (19.0%)
Atrial Fibrillation	1 (4.0%)	0	1 (6.0%)
Pneumonia	1 (4.0%)	0	1 (6.0%)
Chylothorax	1 (4.0%)	1 (9.0%)	0

Statistical analyses of outcomes
Outcome	Mean (SD)			Mean Difference (95% CI)	t-statistic (df)	p-Value
Outcome	Total Patients (n = 30)	Pre-op Localization (n = 13)	Intra-op Localization (n = 17)	Mean Difference (95% CI)	t-statistic (df)	p-Value
Surgery duration (min)	103.2 (43.2)	105.0 (46.8)	101.8 (41.7)	3.2 (29.9 to 36.4)	0.2 (28)	0.84*
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	31.0 (49.9)	33.1 (42.5)	29.4 (56.1)	3.7 ( − 34.6 to 41.9)	0.19 (28)	0.84*
Post-operative hospital stay (days)	5.4 (3.0)	5.0 (2.7)	5.7 (3.2)	− 0.8 ( − 3.0 to 1.5)	− 0.69 (28)	0.49*
Mortality	0	0	0

Outcome		Total patients (n = 30) n (%)	Pre-op Localization (n = 13) n (%)	Intra-op Localization (n = 17) n (%)	P-Value
Complication	Yes	8 (27.0%)	3 (23.0%)	5 (29.0%)	> 0.99**
Complication	No	22 (73.0%)	10 (77.0%)	12 (71.0%)	> 0.99**

*Two-tailed independent samples t-test
**Fisher’s exact test
Post-operative complications included prolonged air leak (n = 5), atrial fibrillation (n = 1), pneumonia (n = 1) and chylothorax (n = 1)

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