Table 1.
Number of identified TTGE bands according to patient and intervention phase.
| Patients | Preoperative (Preop) | Peroperative | Post-operative | All samples | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning (beg) | End | ||||||||||
| C | C | SC | SE | M | M | SE | SC | C | SST | ||
| AB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 44 |
| AC | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 38 |
| AD | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 44 |
| AE | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 45 |
| AF | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 60 |
| AG | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 44 |
| AH | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| AJ | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 52 |
| AK | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 59 |
| AL | 10 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 68 |
| AM | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 44 |
| AP | 6 | MS | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 82 |
| AQ | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 74 |
| AR | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | MS | 51 |
| AS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 55 |
| AT | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| AW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 42 |
| AX | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| BB | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 47 |
| BC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 56 |
| BD | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 126 |
| CR | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 63 |
| CV | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 45 |
| DL | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | MS | 26 |
| EG | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | MS | 15 |
| All patients | 136 | 113 | 98 | 104 | 127 | 139 | 117 | 107 | 114 | 219 | 1274 |
C, cutaneous sample; SC, sub-cutaneous sample; SE, strenal edges sample; M, mediastinum sample; SST, skin and scar tissues sample; MS, missing sample.