Table 3:

Postoperative outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy

Variables	Total (n = 162)	Lobectomy (n = 81)	Segmentectomy (n = 81)	P-Value
Conversion thoracotomy, n (%)	8 (4.9)	4 (4.9)	4 (4.9)	1
Mortality (30 days), n (%)	1 (0.6)	0	1 (1.2)	0.937
Overall morbidity (90 days), n (%)	52 (32)	28 (34.5)	24 (29.6)	0.501
Pulmonary complications	42 (25.9)	23 (28.4)	19 (23.4)	0.474
Cardiac complications	12 (7.4)	5 (6.1)	7 (8.6)	0.550
Re-operation, n (%)	3 (1.9)	1 (1.2)	2 (2.5)	0.568
Re-admission, n (%)	3 (1.9)	1 (1.2)	2 (2.5)	0.568
Length of drainage (days), median (IQR)	2 (1–4)	3 (1–5)	2 (1–3)	0.002
Postoperative length of stay (days), median (IQR)	5 (3–8)	6 (4–9)	5 (3–7)	0.039
Follow-up (months), median (IQR)]	31 (14–48)	32 (14–49)	30 (14–48)	0.009
Follow-up index	0.91	0.91	0.90
Overall recurrence, n (%)	15 (9.2)	10 (12.3)	5 (6.1)	0.183
Local recurrence only	6 (3.8)	4 (4.9)	2 (2.4)	0.414
Mediastinal lymph node	6 (3.8)	4 (4.9)	2 (2.4)	0.414
Ipsilateral lung	0	0	0
Local and distant	1 (0.6)	1 (1.2)	0
Distant	7 (4.3)	4 (4.9)	3 (3.7)	0.700
New lung cancer, n (%)	5 (3.1)	3 (3.7)	2 (2.5)	0.901
Other cancer, n (%)	13 (8)	5 (6.2)	8 (9.9)	0.796
Death-specific lung cancer, n (%)	10 (6.2)	7 (8.6)	3 (3.7)	0.733

IQR: interquartile range.