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. 2018 Dec 4;10(2):163–169. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12925

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Comparison of the change in circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts among (a) all patients, (b) the video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery‐lobectomy (VATS‐L) group and (c) the open thoracotomy‐lobectomy (OT‐L) group. (d) Post‐CTC counts were significantly higher when the pulmonary vein (PV) was interrupted prior to the pulmonary artery (PA), compared to when the PV was interrupted prior to the PV. (a–c) Wilcoxon's signed rank and (d) Mann–Whitney U tests were used to analyze significant differences (**P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001).