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Table 3 Distribution of primary lung cancers by pathologic stage

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

Stage

Uniportal VATS (%) (n = 51)

Two-port VATS (%) (n = 56)

Three-port VATS (%) (n = 71)

P-value

Stage I

27 (52.94%)

29 (51.79%)

34 (47.89%)

0.839

 IA

13 (25.49%)

13 (23.21%)

19 (26.76%)

0.900

 IB

14 (27.45%)

16 (28.57%)

15 (21.13%)

0.578

Stage II

21 (41.18%)

24 (42.86%)

30 (42.25%)

0.984

 IIA

11 (21.57%)

14 (25.00%)

14 (19.72%)

0.773

 IIB

10 (19.61%)

10 (17.86%)

16 (22.54%)

0.802

Stage III or greater

3 (5.88%)

3 (5.36%)

7 (9.86%)

0.625

 IIIA

3 (5.88%)

3 (5.36%)

5 (7.04%)

0.928

 IIIB

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.41%)

1.000

 IVa

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.41%)

1.000

  1. a Isolated brain metastasis following metastasectomy prior to being evaluated for lobectomy
  2. There were no significant difference in these results among the three groups (all P > 0.05)