Table 6.

Peri- and postoperative outcomes of patients receiving surgery at our institution for clinical Stage I NSCLC at early versus delayed time points.

Outcomes	Surgery < 8 weeks (n=522, 54%)	Surgery ≥ 8 weeks (n=449, 46%)	P value
Resection type
Sublobar	74 (14%)	103 (23%)	0.001
Lobectomy	403 (77%)	324 (72%)
Bilobectomy	25 (5%)	12 (3%)
Pneumonectomy	20 (4%)	10 (2%)
Air leak	59 (11%)	43 (10%)	0.402
Pneumonia	33 (6%)	51 (11%)	0.006
Arrhythmia	94 (18%)	79 (18%)	0.933
Deep Vein Thrombosis	8 (2%)	13 (3%)	0.185
Blood transfusion	18 (3%)	39 (9%)	0.001
Myocardial infarction	5 (1%)	1 (0.2%)	0.225
Wound infection	4 (1%)	5 (1%)	0.740
Respiratory failure	27 (5%)	44 (10%)	0.006
Reintubation	23 (4%)	34 (8%)	0.040
Renal failure	9 (2%)	11 (2%)	0.500
Mean length of stay, days	6.2 ± 5.8	7 ± 9.3	0.083
Mortality	6 (1.1%)	14 (3.1%)	0.040
Readmission 30 days from discharge	26 (5%)	32 (7%)	0.221
Median survival, months	97.5 (0.2 – 168.6)	90.5 (0-172.8)