Table 2.
Operative approach and kind of resection.
| Population | All 141 (100) |
NLR < 4 121 (85.8) |
NLR ≥ 4 20 (14.2) |
p |
CRP < 5 90 (63.8) |
CRP ≥ 5 51 (36.2) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resection | |||||||
| Tumorectomy | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.5) | 0 | >0.99 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (3.9) | 0.29 |
| Wedge Resection | 88 (62.4) | 76 (62.8) | 12 (60) | 0.46 | 65 (72.2) | 28 (54.9) | 0.04 |
| Segmentectomy | 10 (7.1) | 9 (7.4) | 1 (5) | >0.99 | 6 (6.7) | 4 (7.8) | >0.99 |
| Lobectomy/bilobectomy | 40 (28.4) | 33 (27.3) | 7 (35) | 0.79 | 20 (22.2) | 20 (39.2) | 0.03 |
| Approach | |||||||
| VATS | 78 (55.3) | 72 (59.5) | 6 (30) | 0.016 | 57 (63.3) | 21 (41.2) | 0.01 |
| Time of Surgery (min) | 125 (IQR 85–190) | 120 (IQR 80–190) | 142 (IQR 117.5–182.5) | 0.20 | 120 (IQR 80–170) | 140 (IQR 95–205) | 0.21 |
| Post-Resection Status | |||||||
| R0 | 135 (95.7) | 115 (95.1) | 20 (100) | 0.59 | 86 (95.6) | 49 (96.1) | >0.99 |
Values are expressed as n (%) or median (interquartile range). Abbreviations: VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery, R0: no microscopic residual disease.