Table 3.
Post-operative and survival outcomes for propensity matched clinical Stage I NSCLC patients from the NCDB receiving either early or delayed pulmonary resection.
| n=27,022 | Surgery < 8 weeks n= 13,511 |
Surgery ≥ 8 weeks n= 13,511 |
P value |
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| Pathologic Stage 1 | 11,266 (83.4%) | 11,040 (81.7%) | 0.002 |
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| 2 | 1,359 (10.1%) | 1,519 (11.2%) | |
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| 3 | 813 (6.0%) | 857 (6.3%) | |
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| 4 | 73 (0.5%) | 95 (0.7%) | |
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| Unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge | 612 (4.6%) | 562 (4.3%) | 0.001 |
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| Length of Stay | 7.33 ±6.8 | 7.72 ±7.3 | <0.001 |
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| Thirty Day Mortality | 322 (2.4%) | 391 (2.9%) | 0.010 |
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| Median Survival (months) | 69.16 ±1.3 | 57.69 ±1.0 | |