Table 2.

Characteristic of 15 patients who underwent exploratory thoracotomy.

Patient	Sex	Side	Cause of R2	TLC (%)	Disease Burden (mm)	Ipsilateral Lung Volume (cm3)	Difference Contralateral-Ipsilateral Lung Volume (%)
1	M	Right	DCWI	88	241	1337.17	49.25
2	M	Left	DCWI	71	201	989.9	76.68
3	M	Right	DCWI	75	99	1512.07	59.01
4	M	Right	DCWI	73	58	2130.43	1.88
5	M	Right	DCWI	77	35	1584.56	52.92
6	M	Left	Aortic adventitia infiltration	86	183	2009.94	33.98
7	M	Left	DCWI	93	133	1683.51	28.39
8	M	Right	DCWI	72	181	991.43	75.10
9	M	Right	DCWI	74	70	1776.78	46.35
10	M	Right	Diaphragmatic pillar infiltration	71	134	2964.71	−28.35
11	M	Right	DCWI	80	140	1545.46	47.01
12	M	Left	DCWI	56	162	711.33	75.26
13	M	Right	DCWI	75	89	1471.99	34.46
14	M	Left	DCWI	60	123	1321.67	55.41
15	F	Right	DCWI	77	34	1782.33	0.74

TLC = total lung capacity; M = male; F = female; DCWI = diffuse chest wall invasion.