Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Patient characteristics | Overall (n=42) | Primary (n=28) | Completion (n=14) |
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| Disease category | |||
| Necrotic lung (infection/infarct) | 12 (29%) | 6(21%) | 6(43%) |
| Hemoptysis | 8 (19%) | 6 (21%) | 2(14%) |
| Bronchopleural fistula/empyema | 6 (14%) | 0(0%) | 6(43%) |
| Bronchiectasis | 5 (12%) | 5(18%) | 0(0%) |
| Congenital | 4 (10%) | 4(14%) | 0(0%) |
| Benign mass | 4 (10%) | 4(14%) | 0(0%) |
| Trauma | 3 (7%) | 3(11%) | 0(0%) |
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| Median age, y | 51 (10,77) | 41(10,77) | 60(26,73) |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 22 (52%) | 14 (50%) | 8(57%) |
| Female | 20 (48%) | 14 (50%) | 6(43%) |
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| Comorbidities | |||
| Heart disease | 8 (19%) | 5(18%) | 3(21%) |
| Renal insufficiency | 1 (2%) | 1(4%) | 0(0%) |
| Diabetes | 2 (5%) | 2(7%) | 0(0%) |
| COPD/ smoking | 15 (36%) | 8(29%) | 7(50%) |
| Malignancy/other cancers | 14 (33%) | 4(14%) | 10(71%) |
| Immunosuppression | 7 (17%) | 5(18%) | 2(14%) |
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| FEV1, % predicted | |||
| >80 | 2 (5%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (7%) |
| 60–79 | 3 (7%) | 2(7%) | 1(7%) |
| 40–59 | 8 (19%) | 4 (14%) | 4(29%) |
| <40 | 11 (26%) | 6(21%) | 5(36%) |
| Unknown | 18 (42%) | 15(54%) | 3(21%) |
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| Laterality | |||
| Right | 28 (67%) | 15 (54%) | 12(86%) |
| Left | 14 (33%) | 13(46%) | 2(14%) |
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| Procedure | |||
| Primary pneumonectomy | 28 (67%) | N/A | N/A |
| Completion pneumonectomy | 14 (33%) | ||
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| Nature of Procedure | |||
| Elective | 22 (52%) | 14(50%) | 8(57%) |
| Urgent | 12 (29%) | 6(21%) | 6(43%) |
| Emergent | 8 (19%) | 8(29%) | 0(0%) |
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| Median operative time, min | 248(83, 560) | 244 (123,560) | 278 (83,480) |
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| Median blood loss, L | 1.05 (0.06, 20.8) | 0.98 (0.06,20.8) | 0.85 (0.4,4.5) |