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. 2012 Jan 12;10:9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-9

Table 1.

Demographic, surgical outcomes and pathologic features

N = 107
Age (years, median (range)) 64.0 (30-80)
Sex (male) 91 (85%)
FEV1 (liter, mean ± SD) 2.0 ± 0.8
FEV1 (%, mean ± SD) 76.5 ± 25.9
Superior sulcus tumor 17 (16%)
Extent of resection
 Lobectomy 58 (54%)
 Bilobectomy 4 (4%)
 Pneumonectomy 45 (42%)
Type of resection
 Chest wall resection 29 (27%)
 Extrapleural resection 78 (73%)
Mortality 5 (5%)
Tumor size (mean ± SD) 6.2 ± 2.5
Depth of chest wall invasion
 Superficial invasion 67 (63%)
 Deep invasion 40 (37%)
Nodal status
 N0 64 (60%)
 N1 19 (18%)
 N2 24 (22%)
Lymphovascular invasion 18 (17%)

FEV1; forced expiratory volume in 1 second