Table 2.

Operative and perioperative variables

	Entire cohort	OSCT group	TSCT group	p-value
Number of patients	138	92	46
Perioperative complications
Pneumothorax	6 (4.3)	4 (4.3)	2 (4.3)	0.879
Position of localization
Supine/prone Lateral decubitus	72 (52.1) 66 (47.9)	36 (39.1) 56 (60.9)	36 (78.2) 10 (21.8)	0.005
Blood loss (ml)	8.25 ± 5.19	6.93 ± 3.38	10.86 ± 7.01	0.002
Pathological diagnosis
Benign Malignancy	4 (2.9) 134 (97.1)	2 (2.2) 90 (97.8)	2 (4.4) 44 (95.6)	0.255
Dislodgement of wire	6 (4.4)	2 (2.2)	4 (8.7)
Localization success rate	95.6%	97.8%	91.3%	0.216