Table 2.
Relationship between patient characteristics or operative factors and postoperative complication
| Postoperative complications | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 193 (33%) | 392 (67%) | < 0.01 |
| Female | 64 (17%) | 307 (83%) | |
| Age | |||
| < 75 years | 183 (26%) | 516 (74%) | 0.41 |
| ≥ 75 years | 74 (29%) | 183 (71%) | |
| Smoking history | |||
| Present | 196 (33%) | 399 (67%) | < 0.01 |
| Absent | 61 (17%) | 300 (83%) | |
| Charlson Comorbidity index | |||
| ≧3 | 13 (20%) | 52 (80%) | 0.19 |
| < 3 | 245 (27%) | 647 (73%) | |
| Coexistence of Interstitial lung disease | |||
| Present | 4 (18%) | 18 (82%) | 0.35 |
| Absent | 253 (27%) | 681 (73%) | |
| Coexistence of diabetes mellitus | |||
| Present | 39 (29%) | 97 (71%) | 0.61 |
| Absent | 218 (27%) | 602 (73%) | |
| Coexistence of malignancy | |||
| Present | 36 (22%) | 125 (78%) | 0.15 |
| Absent | 221(28%) | 704 (72%) | |
| Coexistence of asthma | |||
| Present | 13 (46%) | 15 (54%) | 0.01 |
| Absent | 244 (26%) | 684 (73%) | |
| Coexistence of arrhythmia or angina pectoris | |||
| Present | 32 (32%) | 66 (68%) | 0.17 |
| Absent | 225 (26%) | 633 (74%) | |
| FEV1% | |||
| < 70% | 115 (35%) | 218 (65%) | < 0.01 |
| ≥ 70% | 142 (23%) | 481 (77%) | |
| Lobe | |||
| RU | 84 (29%) | 205 (71%) | 0.07 |
| RM | 11 (19%) | 47 (81%) | |
| RL | 63 (27%) | 168 (73%) | |
| LU | 72 (32%) | 148 (68%) | |
| LL | 27 (17%) | 131 (83%) | |
| Operative approach | |||
| C-VATS + RATS | 88 (26%) | 253 (74%) | 0.57 |
| H-VATS + Open | 169 (27%) | 446 (73%) | |
| Operative procedure | |||
| Lobectomy or more | 219 (31%) | 490(69%) | < 0.01 |
| Sublobar resection | 38 (15%) | 209 (85%) | |
FEV1% forced expiratory volume % in one second, RU right upper, RM right middle, RL right lower, LU left upper, LL left lower, RATS Robot-assisted Thoracic Surgery, C complete, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, H hybrid