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Clinical characteristics | Four-hook needle group (n=76) | Memory alloy coil group (n=76) | P |
GGN: ground-glass nodule. | |||
Gender | 0.599 | ||
Male | 25 (31.4%) | 22 (28.9%) | |
Female | 51 (68.6%) | 54 (71.1%) | |
Age (Mean±SD, yr) | 54.55±11.79 | 58.03±12.75 | 0.083 |
Density of nodules | 0.261 | ||
Pure-solid GGN | 30 (39.5%) | 40 (52.6%) | |
Partly-solid GGN | 31 (40.8%) | 25 (32.9%) | |
Solid nodule | 15 (19.7%) | 11 (31.4%) | |
Diameter of nodules (Mean±SD, mm) | 10.44±4.49 | 10.00±3.33 | 0.912 |
Distance from nodule to pleura (Mean±SD, mm) | 8.13±7.75 | 9.34±8.69 | 0.503 |
Distance from nodule to pleura | 0.243 | ||
Distance from nodule to pleura ≥1.5 cm | 14 (18.4%) | 20 (26.3%) | |
Distance from nodule to pleura < 1.5 cm | 62 (81.6%) | 56 (73.7%) | |
Nodules location | 0.535 | ||
Right upper lobe | 25 (32.9%) | 17 (22.4%) | |
Right middle lobe | 3 (3.9%) | 4 (5.3%) | |
Right low lobe | 17 (22.4%) | 15 (19.7%) | |
Left upper lobe | 21 (27.6%) | 25 (32.9%) | |
Left low lobe | 10 (13.2%) | 15 (19.7%) |