Table 1:
Patient characteristics
| Variables | n, 95 patients total |
|---|---|
| Age (years; mean ± SD, range) | 67.5 ± 10.8, 32–88 |
| Male | 60 (63.2%) |
| Disease | |
| Primary lung cancer | 90 (94.7%) |
| Metastatic lung cancer | 4 (4.2%) |
| Cryptococcosis | 1 (1.1%) |
| Resected lobe | |
| Right upper lobe | 34 (35.8%) |
| Right middle lobe | 7 (7.4%) |
| Right lower lobe | 19 (20.0%) |
| Right upper and middle lobes | 3 (3.2%) |
| Left upper lobe | 18 (18.9%) |
| Left lower lobe | 14 (14.7%) |
| Approach | |
| Open thoracotomy | 85 (89.5%) |
| Video-assisted thoracic surgery | 10 (10.5%) |
| Mediastinal lymph node dissection | 63 (66.3%) |
| Lobulation | |
| Complete | 15 (15.8%) |
| Incomplete | 80 (84.2%) |
| Adhesion | |
| No adhesion or mild | 72 (75.8%) |
| Hard to all around the lung | 23 (24.2%) |
| Partial resectiona | 9 (9.5%) |
| Bronchoplasty | 3 (3.2%) |
| Combined rib resection | 1 (1.1%) |
| Division of interlobar fissure | |
| Staple only (staple group) | 29 (30.5%) |
| BiClamp® innovated (BiClamp® group) | 66 (69.5%) |
| Operation time (min; median, range) | 281, 139–481 |
| Intraoperative bleeding (ml; median, range) | 125, 20–940 |
| Drainage duration (days; median, range) | 3, 1–28 |
aPartial resection for a frozen section to diagnose the tumour in the lobe to be resected or for other nodule(s) in the other lobe.