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. 2017 Oct 14;3:140. doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.08.13

Table 1. Patient characteristics, N=100 patients for planned segmentectomy.

Variable Patients who had a robotic segmentectomy
Age years, median 71
Gender
   Male 50
   Female 50
Ethnicity (n)
   White 88
   Black 11
   Other 1
BMI, median (range) 27.2 (16.6–38.9)
Type of segmentectomy
   LUL 46 (1 converted to lobectomy)
      Lingulectomy 6
      Anterior segment 4
      Apical segment 7
      Posterior segment 28
   LLL 15 (1 converted to lobectomy)
      Superior segment 14
   RUL 19 (1 converted to lobectomy)
      Posterior segment 16
      Apical 2
   RLL 20 (4 converted to lobectomy)
      Superior segment 13
      Basilar segment 2
      Posterior segment 1
Final pathology for—patients with lung cancer (N=79)
   T1aN0M0 56
   T1bN0M0 14
   T2aN0M0 9
Histology of primary lung cancer
   Adenocarcinoma/lepidic pattern 5
   Adenocarcinoma 34
   Adenocarcinoma + small cell carcinoma 1
   Small cell carcinoma 1
   Squamous cell carcinoma 29
   Large cell neuroendocrine tumor 9
Lung metastasis cell types 10
   Breast 1
   Melanoma 1
   Prostate 1
   Pancreas 2
   Endometrioid 1
   Colon 4
Smoking history Yes (87%)
Forced expiratory volume in 1 s, median [range] (%) 74.5 [28–150]
Diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide, median [range] (%) 67 [25–138]
Neoadjuvant therapy
   Preoperative chemotherapy 1
   Preoperative radiation 1
ENB tattooing 16
Comorbidities (yes %)
   Hypertension 65
   Diabetes mellitus 11
   Congestive heart failure 4.5
   CAD, stent 29
   Pulmonary hypertension 2
   Hyperlipidemia 41
   COPD 37

BMI, body mass index; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; ENB, electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.