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. 2014 Oct 30;62(12):734–764. doi: 10.1007/s11748-014-0464-0

Table 3

2. Primary malignant pulmonary tumor

Cases 30-day mortality Hospital mortality By VATS
Hospital After discharge
2. Primary malignant pulmonary tumor 36,015 103 (0.3) 15 (0.04) 243 (0.7)
Lung cancer 35,667 112 (0.3) 11 (0.03) 248 (0.7) 23,411
 Adenocarcinoma 24,749 48 (0.2) 5 (0.02) 84 (0.3)
 Squamous cell carcinoma 7,114 47 (0.7) 4 (0.06) 122 (1.7)
 Large cell carcinoma 917 3 (0.3) 0 14 (1.5)
 (LCNEC) 471 2 (0.4) 0 6 (1.3)
 Small cell carcinoma 591 2 (0.3) 0 3 (0.5)
 Adenosquamous carcinoma 612 6 (1.0) 1 11 (1.8)
 Carcinoma with pleomorphic, sarcomatoid or sarcomatous elements 473 2 (0.4) 1 6 (1.3)
 Carcinoid 195 0 1 (0.5) 0
 Carcinomas of salivary gland type 29 0 0 0
 Unclassified 73 0 0 0
 Multiple lung cancer 803 1 (0.1) 0 4 (0.5)
 Others 110 3 (2.7) 0 4 (3.6)
 Unclear 1 0
 Wedge resection 4,952 11 (0.2) 0 18 (0.4) 4,135
 Segmental excision 3,780 8 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 10 (0.3) 2,654
 (Sleeve segmental excision) 16 0 0 0 4
 Lobectomy 26,079 72 (0.3) 9 (0.03) 178 (0.7) 16,416
 (Sleeve lobectomy) 429 4 (0.9) 1 (0.2) 7 (1.6) 29
 Pneumonectomy 571 14 (2.5) 0 30 (5.3) 75
 (Sleeve pneumonectomy) 16 0 0 0 0
 Other bronchoplasty 10 0 0 0 3
 Pleuropneumonectomy 4 0 0 0 1
 Others 265 3 (1.1) 0 5 (1.9) 127
 Unclear 11 4 (36.4) 7 (63.6)
Sarcoma 36 0 0 1 (2.8)
AAH 143 0 0 1 (0.7)
Others 169 0 0 2 (1.2)

Values in parenthesis represent mortality %