Table 2.
Characteristics of nodules treated by VATS combined with ENB-guided localization.
| Nodules located via ENB (n = 150) | Counts (%) | Median | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nodule size (mm) | 7.8 | 6–21 | |||
| Pulmonary segments | Right | SI | 15 (10.0) | ||
| SII | 21 (14.0) | ||||
| SIII | 14 (9.3) | ||||
| SIV-SV | 13 (8.7) | ||||
| SVI | 8 (5.3) | ||||
| SVII-SX | 21 (14.0) | ||||
| Left | SI+II | 16 (10.6) | |||
| SIII | 10 (6.7) | ||||
| SIV-SV | 8 (5.3) | ||||
| SVI | 10 (6.7) | ||||
| SVII-SIX | 14 (9.3) | ||||
| Distance to pleura or fissure | 5.0 | 0–29 | |||
| Less than 1 cm | 31 (20.7) | ||||
| Between 1 cm and 3 cm | 119 (79.3) | ||||
| Type | Ground-glass opacity | 150 (100.0) | |||
| Surgery | Wedge resection | 114 (76.0) | |||
| Segmentectomy | 21 (14.0) | ||||
| Combined segmentectomy | 13 (8.7) | ||||
| Lobectomy | 2 (1.3) | ||||