Table 1.
Clinical information, lung nodule characteristics and surgical outcomes in patients who received CT-guided dye localization before RATS
| Variable | N |
|---|---|
| Patient (n = 29) | |
| Age, median (year, range) | 69 (42–79) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 19 |
| Male | 10 |
| Smoking status | |
| Current smoker | 2 |
| Ex-smoker | 12 |
| Never smoker | 15 |
| BrinkmanIndex, median (range) | 0 (0–2150) |
| No. of patients with | |
| 1 nodule | 28 |
| 2 nodules | 1 |
| Nodule (n = 30) | |
| Tumor characteristics | |
| Solid | 5 |
| Part solid | 7 |
| Pure GGO | 18 |
| Tumor size, median (mm, range) | 8 (3–21) |
| Depth from pluera, median (mm, range) | 14 (4–45) |
| Location | |
| Rt S2 | 3 |
| Rt S3 | 1 |
| Rt S6 | 2 |
| Rt S8 | 5 |
| Rt S9 | 5 |
| Lt S1 + 2 | 7 |
| Lt S6 | 6 |
| Lt S10 | 1 |
| Dye material | |
| Indocyanine green | 10 |
| Indio carmine | 20 |
| Marking time, median (mim, range) | 12 (4–26) |
| Complications, yes | 6 (pneumothorax) |
| Type of resection for marked lesion | |
| segmentectomy | 16 |
| wide wedge resection | 14 |
| Conversion to thoracotomy, yes | 1 |
| Histopathology | |
| AAH | 3 |
| AIS | 15 |
| IA | 4 |
| MIA | 3 |
| Lymph node | 3 |
| Fibrous nodule | 1 |
| Epithelial granulomas | 1 |