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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr 16;99(6):1906–1913. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.022

Table 4.

Propensity matched patients at risk by year in Kaplan-Meier analysis, receiving either early or delayed surgical resection.

Follow-up Year < 8 weeks (Early Surgery) ≥ 8 weeks (Delayed Surgery)
Year 1 89.6% (10,227) 89.1% (10,263)
Year 2 79.1% (6,811) 77.0% (6,789)
Year 3 69.6% (4,332) 65.3% (4,220)
Year 4 61.7% (2,767) 56.0% (2,590)
Year 5 54.8% (1,790) 48.7% (1,682)
Year 6 48.8% (1,022) 41.9% (933)
Year 7 41.2% (441) 34.1% (404)
Year 8 35.3% (126) 27.9% (66)