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. 2022 Nov 26;20:370. doi: 10.1186/s12957-022-02833-6

Table 2.

Surgery, perioperative, and postoperative outcomes

Variable n (%)/[range] P value
Surgery, (VATS) 0.603
 Lobectomy 14 (73.7)
   n= RUL/RML/RLL/LUL/LLL 3/1/5/2/3
 Sublobar resection 5 (26.3)
  n=Trisegmentectomy/lingulectomy/subsegmentectomy/Wedge resection 2/1/1/1
Number of lymphadenectomy, median 20 [5-38]
Complete resection 1.000
 R0 17 (89.5)
 R2 2 (10.5)
Duration of surgery, median minutes 180 [60-380] 0.020
Blood loss, median ml 40 [10-550] 0.049
Postoperative complications 0.614
 Bleeding 1 (5.3)
 Thoracic empyema 1 (5.3)
 Nil 17 (89.5)
30-day postoperative mortality 0 (0)
Median time to relapse, months 13 [6-41]
Relapse <0.001
 Alive without relapse 10 (52.6)
 Alive with relapse 2 (10.5)
 Died with relapse 7 (36.8)
T790M status
 Positive 1 (5.3)
 Negative 1 (5.3)
 Unknown/not done 17 (89.4)
Recurrence pattern <0.001
 Intrathoracic recurrence/metastases 2 (10.5)
 Distant metastases 3 (15.8)
 Intrathoracic and distant metastases 4 (21.1)
 Nil 10 (52.6)
Postoperative adjuvant therapy 0.129
 TKI 13 (68.4)
 Non-TKI 6 (31.6)

VATS video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, RUL right upper lobe, RML right middle lobe, RLL right lower lobe, LUL left upper lobe, LLL left lower lobe, TKI tyrosine-kinase inhibitor