Table 3:

Operative characteristics, intraoperative complications, pathological staging and hospital LOS

	–PAF (n = 320) (%)	+PAF (n = 43) (%)	P-value
Approach			<0.05
Thoracoscopy	167 (52)	9 (21)
Thoracotomy	143 (45)	30 (70)
Converted	10 (3)	4 (9)
Procedure performed
Sublobar resection	89 (28)	4 (9)	<0.05
Lobectomy	213 (67)	30 (70)	0.41
Right upper lobectomy	80 (38)	8 (27)	0.25
Right middle lobectomy	16 (8)	0 (0)	0.12
Right lower lobectomy	32 (15)	7 (23)	0.18
Left upper lobectomy	54 (25)	10 (33)	0.35
Left lower lobectomy	31 (15)	5 (17)	0.76
Bilobectomy/extended lobectomy	7 (2)	0 (0)	0.33
Pneumonectomy	15 (5)	9 (21)	<0.05
Left	11 (73)	4 (44)	0.16
Right	4 (27)	5 (56)	0.16
Unresectable	2 (1)	0 (0)	0.60
Intraoperative complications	18 (6)	7 (16)	0.02
Bleeding	7 (2)	4 (9)	0.01*
Hypotension	3 (1)	2 (5)	0.05*
Hypoxaemia	2 (1)	0 (0)	0.60
Open/close	4 (1)	0 (0)	0.46
AJCC 7th edition 2009 stage	n = 239	n = 35	0.01
IA/IB	151 (63)	16 (46)	0.05
IIA/IIB	56 (23)	11 (31)	0.30
IIIA/IIIB	28 (12)	4 (11)	0.96
IV	4 (2)	4 (11)	<0.05
Hospital LOS, mean, days	6.9	10.5	0.04

% PAF: postoperative atrial fibrillation; LOS: length of stay.