Table 1. Patients’ clinical data.

Characteristics	N=116
Age (years)	55.20±23.50
Sex (male/female)	52/64
Lesion location
Left upper lobe	31
Left lower lobe	22
Right upper lobe	40
Right middle lobe	4
Right lower lobe	19
Diameter (mm)	12.20±5.12
Distance to the pleura (mm)	15.13±12.54
GGO/high density nodules	61/21
Time (from locating the nodule to the beginning of the operation, min)	67.50±48.10
Operation time 1 (from skin incision to completion of wedge resection, min)	24.20±12.10
Operation time 2 (VATS lobectomy and lymph node dissection, min)	88.80±36.00
Volume of chest drainage 1 day postoperatively (mL)	245.00±165.60
Hospital stay (days)	5.10±3.80
Complications after locating the nodules
Pneumothorax (no. of cases)	11
Hemorrhage (no. of cases)	8

VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.