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. 2015 Apr 9;15:34. doi: 10.1186/s12890-015-0019-x

Table 3.

Surgeries for the enrolled UCDs and MCDs

UCD (n = 16) MCD (n = 32)
Thoracic surgery
Open thoracic surgery 16/100% 0
VATS ξ 1/16.67% 8/25%
Abdominal surgery 0 1/3.12%
Superficial LN biopsy 0 21/65.6%
Cervical LN 0 9/28.13%
Axillary LN 0 6/18.75%
Supratrochlear LN 0 1/3.12%
Percutaneous lung biopsy 0 2/6.25%

VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery LN: Lymphonode.

ξOne case with UCD was performed VATS initially, then he was changed to open thoracic surgery because of severe adhesion in the surgery field.