TABLE 1.
Demographics, Location and Size of Nodule, Pathologic Diagnosis, Distance From Pleura, Target Correction, Sedation Types and Complications
| Demographics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Total patients enrolled | 72 (—) |
| Total pulmonary nodules | 78 (—) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 48/72 (66.7) |
| Female | 24/72 (33.3) |
| Age | |
| Range | 37-96 |
| Median | 69 |
| Location of nodule | |
| Right upper lobe | 32/78 (40.1) |
| Right middle lobe | 8/78 (10.2) |
| Right lower lobe | 9/78 (11.5) |
| Left upper lobe | 22/78 (28.2) |
| Left lower lobe | 7/78 (8.9) |
| Pathologic diagnosis | |
| Malignant | 61/78 (78.2) |
| Nonmalignant | 7/78 (8.9) |
| Nondiagnostic | 10/78 (12.8) |
| Sedation type | |
| General anesthesia | 16/72 (22.2) |
| Moderate sedation | 56/72 (77.8) |
| Complications | |
| Pneumothorax | 2/78 (2.6) |
| Size of nodule, cm | |
| Overall median size | 2 |
| Range | 0.8-4 |
| <1 | 1/78 (1.3) |
| 1-1.9 | 22/78 (28.2) |
| 2-3 | 54/78 (69.2) |
| >3 | 1/78 (1.2) |
| Distance from the pleura, mm | |
| Overall distance (median) | 1 |
| Range | 1-15 |
| 1 | 45/78 (58) |
| 2 | 11/78 (14) |
| 3 | 10/78 (13) |
| 4 | 6/78 (8) |
| 5 | 5/78 (5) |
| >5 | 1/78 (1) |
| Target correction, mm | |
| Average | 15.4 |
| Minimum-maximum | 0.4-29.8 |
| Suspected clinical stage | |
| Stage I | 25/72 (34.7) |
| Stage II | 17/72 (23.6) |
| Stage III | 8/72 (11.1) |
| Stage IV | 22/72 (30.5) |
Percentages are listed out of 78 total number of nodules and 72 total patients. Suspected clinical stage I to IV before bronchoscopy (based of CT scan review and 8th edition of TNM staging of lung cancer).
CT indicates computed tomography; N, number of pulmonary nodules or patients; TNM, primary tumor, regional lymph nodes, distant metastasis.