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Table 2 Pathology results

From: The feasibility and advantage of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in pulmonary lobectomy

Pathological types

Uniportal VATS (%) (n = 73)

Two-port VATS (%) (n = 86)

Three-port VATS (%) (n = 98)

P-value

Primary lung cancer

51 (69.86%)

56 (65.12%)

71 (72.45%)

0.556

Adenocarcinoma

34 (46.58%)

38 (44.19%)

52 (53.06%)

0.459

Squamous cell carcinoma

16 (21.92%)

15 (17.44%)

13 (13.27%)

0.330

Adenosquamous

0 (0%)

1 (1.16%)

1 (1.02%)

1.000

Large cell carcinoma

1 (1.37%)

0 (0%)

2 (2.04%)

0.506

Carcinoid tumors

0 (0%)

1 (1.16%)

0 (0%)

0.619

Carcinosarcoma

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.02%)

1.000

Small cell carcinoma

0 (0%)

1 (1.16%)

2 (2.04%)

0.780

Benign disease

22 (30.14%)

30 (34.88%)

27 (27.55%)

0.556

Inflammation

3 (4.11%)

6 (6.98%)

7 (7.14%)

0.676

Pulmonary cyst

4 (5.48%)

4 (4.65%)

4 (4.08%)

0.933

Tuberculosis

4 (5.48%)

9 (10.47%)

7 (7.14%)

0.482

Pulmonary hamartoma

2 (2.74%)

3 (3.49%)

3 (3.06%)

1.000

Pulmonary fibrosis

4 (5.48%)

3 (3.49%)

1 (1.02%)

0.223

Bronchiectasis

5 (6.85%)

4 (4.65%)

4 (4.08%)

0.723

Lung sequestration

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.02%)

1.000

Spindle cell lipoma

0 (0%)

1 (1.16%)

0 (0%)

0.619

  1. There were no significant difference in these results among the three groups (all P > 0.05)