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. 2023 Oct 31;14:313. doi: 10.1186/s13287-023-03545-8

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Capacity to consent Insufficient fitness to tolerate the surgical intervention
Age between 18 and 70 years old Clinical or anaesthetic contraindication for surgery (American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) score IV or V)
Patients planned to undergo anatomical lung resection (excluding pneumonectomy) Presence of severe non-controlled systemic disease
PAL score grade C or D Pregnancy
Positive serology for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or syphilis
Absence or revocation of informed consent