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. 2020 Apr 10;160(2):585–592.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.005

Table E2.

Baseline characteristics of 11 postoperative patients before the onset of COVID-19

Case ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Severity Critical Critical Critical Severe Severe Severe Severe Nonsevere Nonsevere Nonsevere Nonsevere
Age, y 63 68 56 62 61 57 57 51 52 66 69
Sex Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Male
Comorbidity IP COPD
Colon cancer
HTN CAD No No CAD COPD HTN No HBV
CAD
COPD
Cigarette smoking Current Formal No Current Current No Current No No No Current
Smoking index 1600 1600 0 400 800 0 600 0 0 0 400
FEV1 2.49 1.39 2.77 _ 2.42 3.07 2.36 3.17 2.54 2.04 3.06
FEV1/FVC% 70.1 58.52 72.51 _ 83 75.11 65.09 75.25 84 85 64.93
Operation RLLL RLLL RLLL McKeown EE LLLL LLLL + S4S5 sleeve resection RULL RLLW LULL LULW + LLLBSE McKeown EE
Lymphadenectomy Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Approach VATS Open VATS Open VATS Open VATS VATS VATS VATS Open
Duration of surgery (min) 200 280 110 410 150 220 165 140 170 130 385
GGO on preoperative CT Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No
First CT sign of COVID-19 Consolidation Subsolid opacity Consolidation GGO GGO GGO GGO GGO GGO GGO GGO
Post-op complication No PAL No No No No No No H + SCA No No
Pre-op pathology LSCC LADC _ SCC _ _ _ _ _ _ SCC
Post-op pathology LSCC LADC PSP ESCC LADC LADC LADC BE LADC LADC ESCC
pTNM T2aN0M0R0 T1N2 M0R0 NA T3N0 M0R0 T2N2 M0R0 T2N2 M0R0 T1bN0 M0R0 NA T1bN0 M0R0 T1aN0R0
T1bN0R0
T1bN0 M0R0
Stage IA IIIA NA IIB IIIA IIIA IA NA IA IA, IB IB

IP, Interstitial pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HTN, hypertension; CAD, atherosclerosis of coronary artery; HBV, hepatitis B virus; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity; RLLL, right lower lobe lobectomy; McKewon EE, McKewon esophagectomy with gastric tube interposition; LLLL, left lower lobe lobectomy; RULL, right upper lobe lobectomy; RLLW, right lower lobe wedge resection; LULL, left upper lobe lobectomy; LLLBSE, left lower lobe basal segmentectomy; VATS, video-assisted thoracic surgery; GGO, ground-glass opacity; CT, computed tomography; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; Post-op, postoperative; PAL, prolonged air leak; H + SCA, hypokalemia/sudden cardiac arrest; Pre-op, preoperative; LSCC, lung squamous cell cancer; LADC, lung adenocarcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; PSP, pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma; ESCC, esophageal squamous cell cancer; BE, bronchiectasis; NA, not available.