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Table 1 Characteristics of 74 study participants and 80 peripheral pulmonary lesions

From: A new technique combining virtual simulation and methylene blue staining for the localization of small peripheral pulmonary lesions

Characteristics

Mean (SD)

Age, years

55.1 (10.7)

Male, n (%)

35 (37.5)

Smoker, n (%)

23 (31.1)

History of prior malignancy

2 (2.7)

Family history of malignancy

3 (4.1)

Diameter, mm

10.4 (3.5)

Distance from lesion to the pleural surface, mm

9.4 (4.9)

Preoperative localization time, minutes

22.2 (5.0)

Intraoperative localization time, minutes

17.4 (2.3)

Stain – lesion distance, mm

5.1 (3.1)