Table 3.
Complications in patients with different tumor size and method of lymphadenectomy
Variables | ≤2 cm | P value | >2 cm | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LA (n = 14) | LS (n = 20) | LA (n = 28) | LS (n = 43) | |||
Arrhythmia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Pneumonia or atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Prolonged air leak (>7 days) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Recurrent laryngeal nerve leision | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Chylothorax | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Myocardial infarction | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 (28.6%) | 2 (10.0%) | 0.202 | 7 (25.0%) | 5 (11.6%) | 0.252 |
LA radical systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy, LS lymph node sampling