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. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 31):S3704–S3711. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.84

Table 1. Characteristics in patients who underwent VATS segmentectomy (n=86).

Variable Patients who received segmentectomy
Age (years), mean [range] 55.2±18.1 [21–78]
Sex, n [%]
   Male 34 [40]
   Female 52 [60]
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean [range] 26.1±9.2 [16.2–41.1]
FEV1 (%), mean [range] 78.2±22.6 [32–95]
Smoking history (yes), n [%] 45 [52]
Size of nodule (mm), median [range] 19 [7–51]
Final pathological analysis, n [%]
   Primary lung cancer 34 [40]
   Pulmonary metastasis 30 [35]
   Infectious lesion 16 [19]
   Benign lesion 6 [7]
Median operative time (min), mean [range] 136 [60–280]
Median blood loss (mL), mean [range] 50 [30–250]
Median dissected mediastinal LN, mean [range] 15 [10–26]
Median chest drains duration (days), mean [range] 5 [2–21]
Median hospital length of stay (days), mean [range] 6 [3–13]
Minor complication, n [%] 22 [24]

VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; LN, lymph node.