Table 1. Example of data collection form.
| Patient demographics |
| Name |
| ID code |
| Date of birth |
| Age |
| Gender |
| Height (cm) |
| Weight (Kg) |
| BMI |
| …. |
| Comorbidities |
| Current smoker |
| Former smoker |
| Pack-year |
| Diabetes |
| Hypertension |
| Cardiovascular diseases |
| ECOG performance status |
| ASA score |
| Symptoms (type; duration…) |
| …. |
| Other syndromes or paraneoplastic syndromes (type; appropriate classification if any…) |
| Previous tumors (yes/no; type…) |
| Treatment of previous tumor (CT, RT, surgery…) |
| Oncological data (in case of oncological disease) |
| CT (yes/no; date…) |
| PET-CT (yes/no; date…) |
| MRI (yes/no; date…) |
| Other radiological and instrumental examinations (type; date; results…) |
| Preoperative biopsies (type and date) |
| Preoperative diagnosis |
| Clinical stage |
| Lung functionality (in case of pulmonary surgery) |
| FEV1, DLCO, pO2, pCO2… |
| Pulmonary scintigraphy |
| … |
| Pre-operative cardiological evaluation |
| Echocardiography |
| Stress test |
| …. |
| Preoperative treatment |
| Induction therapy (yes/no; type; number of cycles, in case of neoplastic pathology) |
| Antibiotic therapy (type and duration) |
| Clinical stage (ycTNM, in case of tumor) |
| …. |
| Surgical info |
| Date of operation |
| Type of surgery |
| Type of surgical access |
| Technique (other surgical info…) |
| Duration |
| Operator |
| Assistant |
| Use of advanced materials, sealants, energy devices, etc.… |
| Number of drainages |
| Intraoperative complications (minors, majors, type…) |
| …. |
| Postoperative data |
| ICU admission (yes/no; number of days…) |
| Postoperative complications |
| Re-operation |
| Hospital stay |
| Drainage length |
| Postoperative pain and VAS scale |
| Outcomes (level of satisfaction, quality of life, effectiveness, cosmetic results etc.) |
| … |
| Oncological and pathological data (in case of oncological disease) |
| Histology |
| Stage |
| Tumor dimension |
| Number of lymph nodes removed (number of positive lymph nodes) |
| R-status and site |
| Receptor mutations |
| …. |
| Follow-up data |
| Date of follow-up |
| Recurrence of disease |
| Overall survival |
| Long term results (level of satisfaction, quality of life, effectiveness, cosmetic results…) |
| Any other type of treatment or surgical re-treatment |
| Disease-free survival (for oncological diseases) |
| Oncological adjuvant treatment (yes/no; type; duration…) |
| … |
BMI, body mass index; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; CT, computed tomography; RT, radiotherapy; PET, positron emission tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.