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. 2010 Mar 22;4:1. doi: 10.1186/1750-1164-4-1

Table 4.

Details of Surgical Procedures

Open lobe (n = 62) VATS lobe (n = 74) P value
Histology

Adeno 44 71% 50 68% 0.898

Squamous 9 15% 12 16%

Other 9 15% 12 16%

Clinical stage

IA 49 79% 65 88% 0.242

IB 13 21% 9 12%

Pathologic stage

IA 32 52% 45 61% 0.165

IB 20 32% 12 16%

II 5 8% 7 9%

III, IV 5 8% 10 14%


Type of resection

RUL 20 32% 23 31% 0.168

RML 3 5% 10 14%

RLL 8 13% 12 16%

LUL 18 29% 14 19%

LLL 10 16% 10 14%

Bilobectomy 3 5% 1 1%

Segmentectomy 0 0% 4 5%