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. 2011 Nov 17;14(1):5–11. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivr065

Table 3:

Surgical results (n = 102)

Operation time (min)
 Median 129
 Range 60–275
Bleeding (ml)
 Median 50
 Range 10–350
Utility access incision (mm)
 Median 50
 Range 40–80
Complication 10
 Prolonged air leak (>7 days) 4
 Late alveolopleural fistula 3
 Supraventricular arrhythmia 2
 Interstitial pneumonia 1
Operative mortality 0
Mortality during follow-up 9
 Cancer death 5
 Other 4
 Recurrence 12
  Locoregional
   Dissemination 2
   Mediastinum 2
   Margin 1
  Distant
   Lung 4
   Brain 2
   Meningitis 1

Follow-up of alive patients (month) median: 61 (range: 8–84).