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. 2022 Jun 24;8(2):e35694. doi: 10.2196/35694

Table 1.

Patient characteristics (N=41).

Variable Results
Patient characteristics

Sex (male), n (%) 25 (58)

Age (years), median (IQR) 68 (60-73)

BMI, mean (SD) 26.1 (4.2)

Smoke status, n (%)


Current 5 (12)


Past 24 (59)


Never 12 (29)

Primary diagnosis, n (%)


Rectum cancer 1 (2)


Lung cancer 21 (51)


Esophagus cancer 8 (20)


Peritonitis carcinomatosa 8 (20)


Schwannoma 2 (5)


Thymoma 1 (2)

Tumor stage, n (%)


1 7 (17)


2 8 (20)


3 6 (15)


4 18 (44)


Schwannoma 2 (5)

Comorbidities (ASAa score), n (%)


Grade I 3 (7)


Grade II 27 (66)


Grade III 10 (24)


Grade IV 1 (2)

Type of treatment before surgery, n (%)


Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 3 (7)


Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy 9 (22)


Neoadjuvant immunotherapy 1 (2)


Neoadjuvant hormone therapy 1 (2)

Sports ≥1 time per week, n (%) 15 (37)


Missing 1 (2)
Perioperative characteristics

Type of surgery, n (%)


Lobectomy 23 (56)


Esophagus resection 7 (17)


HIPECb procedure 10 (24)


Schwannoma resection 1 (2)

Surgical approach, n (%)


Video-assisted thoracic surgery 6 (15)


Open surgery 35 (85)

Type of treatment after surgery, n (%)


Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy 2 (5)


Adjuvant chemotherapy 3 (7)


Adjuvant radiotherapy 1 (2)


Adjuvant hormonotherapy 1 (2)

Length of stay (days), median (IQR) 7 (6-11)

Complications (Clavien Dindo score), n (%)


Grade I 26 (63)


Grade II 5 (12)


Grade IIIa 2 (5)


Grade IIIb 5 (12)


Grade IVa 3 (7)

Hospital readmission, n (%) 5 (12)

Duration of operation (minutes), median (IQR) 200 (128-336)

aASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.

bHIPEC: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.