Table 3. Histopathology of the resected lung nodules from iVATS vs. sVATS.

Pathology	iVATS (N=32)	sVATS (N=8)	P
Benign disease	11 (34%)	1 (13%)	0.396
Malignant disease
Lung primary	10 (31%)	3 (38%)	–
Colorectal	4 (13%)	3 (38%)	–
Nasopharyngeal	2 (6%)	1 (13%)	–
Malignant nerve sheath tumor	2 (6%)	0	–
Thyroid	1 (3%)	0	–
Mature teratoma	1 (3%)	0	–
Size of nodules (mm)	7.8±3.5 (range, 2–15)	7.7±3.3 (range, 3–12)	0.933
Accuracy of localization	32 (100%)	6 (75%)	0.036
Clear margin	100%	100%	–