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. 2025 Apr 28;17(4):2140–2158. doi: 10.21037/jtd-24-1733

Table 2. Additional analysis of pleural fibrosis and irritation on extra histology samples.

Histological response 5 days 14 days 42 days
Pleural thickening
   Lung without lesion 1/4 (75.0) 4/4 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0)
   Parietal pleura 0/9 (0.0) 4/12 (33.3) 1/12 (8.3)
   Across NHS-POx N/A 2/4 (50.0) 2/4 (50.0)
   Across fibrin patch N/A 3/4 (75.0) 2/3 (66.7)
   Across control lesion N/A 2/4 (50.0) 3/4 (75.0)
   Total 1/13 (7.7) 15/28 (53.6) 12/27 (44.4)
Pleural irritation
   Lung without lesion 2/4 (50.0) 3/4 (75.0) 0/4 (0.0)
   Parietal pleura 3/9 (33.3) 6/12 (50.0) 0/12 (0.0)
   Across NHS-POx N/A 4/4 (100.0) 0/4 (0.0)
   Across fibrin patch N/A 4/4 (100.0) 1/3 (33.3)
   Across control lesion N/A 3/4 (75.0) 2/4 (50.0)
   Total 5/13 (38.5) 20/28 (71.4) 3/27 (11.1)

Data are presented as number/total (%). , apical, lateral, costodiaphragmatic recess samples. , based on immune cell infiltration, fibrinoid pleuritis, reactive mesothelial cells, neovascularization. N/A, not available; NHS-POx, N-hydroxysuccinimide ester functionalized poly(2)oxazolines.