Table 2.

Patient surgical and pathological backgrounds

Surgical procedure	FAS (n = 38)	PPS (n = 36)
Operation time (hours)	3.36 ± 1.23	3.37 ± 1.25
Blood loss (g)	138.6 ± 126.2	127.7 ± 114.6
Surgical procedure
Lobectomy	26 (68.4 %)	24 (66.7 %)
Segmentectomy	7 (18.4 %)	7 (19.4 %)
Wedge resection	7 (18.4 %)	7 (19.4 %)
Combined resection	3 (7.9 %)	3 (8.3 %)
Residual tumor
R0	36 (94.7 %)	34 (94.4 %)
R1	1 (2.6 %)	1 (2.8 %)
R2	1 (2.6 %)	1 (2.8 %)
Cancer pathology	FAS (n = 38)	PPS (n = 36)
Pathological type
Squamous cell carcinoma	18 (47.4 %)	18 (50.0 %)
Adenocarcinoma	16 (42.1 %)	14 (38.9 %)
Large cell carcinoma	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Adenosquamous carcinoma	1 (2.6 %)	1 (2.8 %)
Other	3 (7.9 %)	3 (8.3 %)
Pathological stage
IA	10 (26.3 %)	10 (27.8 %)
IB	12 (31.6 %)	10 (27.8 %)
IIA	8 (21.1 %)	8 (22.2 %)
IIB	4 (10.5 %)	4 (11.1 %)
IIIA	2 (5.3 %)	2 (5. %)
IIIB	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
IV	1 (2.6 %)	1 (2.8 %)
(non-cancer)	1 (2.6 %)	1 (2.8 %)