Table 2.

Surgeon volume at time of lobectomy and at time of completion.

	Low Volume to Low Volume Surgeon	Low Volume to High Volume Surgeon	High Volume to High Volume Surgeon	P-Value
N	12	13	20
Age (Years)	48 ± 6	52 ± 3	45 ± 3	0.38
Female	75%	85%	70%	0.65
Tumor Size (cm)	2.3 ± 0.6	2.0 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.5	0.17
Radioactive Iodine Dose (mCi)	32 (30–115)	52 (32–144)	100 (51–150)	0.12
Remnant Uptake (%)	0.22 (0.06–1.11)	0.06 (0.04–0.09)	0.06 (0.01–0.26)	0.11
Uptake to Dose Ratio	0.006 (0.001–0.032)	0.0007 (0.0003–0.0020)	0.0005 (0.0001–0.0046)	0.06
Time to Completion	9.5 weeks (6 weeks – 8.5 years)	1 year (15 weeks – 3 years)	4 weeks (1 week – 7 weeks)	<0.01

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean, number (%) or median (inter-quartile range) as appropriate.