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. 2018 Jun 7;24(6):288–295. doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.18-00073

Table 2. Bronchoscopic findings of patients and bronchoscopic procedures.

  Bronchoscopical treatment group (n: 23) Surgical treatment group (n: 19) p value

Flexible bronchoscopy number 3 (IQR: 5) (0–24) 1 (IQR: 2) (0–13) 0.02
Rigid bronchoscopy number 3 (IQR: 2) (1–15) 2 (IQR: 1) (1–13) 0.03
Obstruction ratio 80.00 ± 2.99 (30–95) 79.47 ± 8.95 (60–90) 0.431
Segment length 2.07 ± 0.31 (0.8–7) 1.98 ± 0.81 (1.0–3.7) 0.560
Malaise (%) 7 (30.4) 1 (5.3) 0.03
Distance to vocal cords 2.80 ± 0.32 (1–6.5) 3.61 ± 1.95 (2–9) 0.133
Cryotherapy (%) 8 (34.8) 2 (10.5)* 0.059
Diode laser (%) 1 (4.3) 1 (5.3) 0.893
Dilatation number 2.09 ± 0.37 (0–8) 1.63 ± 0.23 (1–5) 0.462

*Cryotherapy; a patient who had undergone restenosis and underwent covered self-expandable metallic Y stenting and a patient who developed with atelectasis due to postoperative retention of secretion. IQR: interquartile range