Table 3.

Comparison of pre‐CTC and post‐CTC counts

	Pre‐CTC			Post‐CTC			P
	Mean	Median	Range	Mean	Median	Range
VATS‐L	2.82	3	0–7	18.65	17	2–45	< 0.001
OT‐L	3.94	2	0–18	10.88	7	1–69	0.031
All patients	3.36	2	0–18	14.88	11	1–69	< 0.001

CTC, circulating tumor cell; OT‐L, open thoracotomy‐lobectomy; VATS‐L, video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery‐lobectomy.