Table 4 Surgical details and complications of patients with pulmonary sequestration
From: Pulmonary sequestration in adult patients: a single-center retrospective study
Characteristics | Total | Open surgery | Minimal invasive surgery | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of sequestration | 0.553 | |||
Intralobar | 88(90.7%) | 28(93.3%) | 60(89.6%) | |
Extralobar | 9(9.3%) | 2(6.7%) | 7(10.4%) | |
Surgical approach | NA | |||
Open thoracotomy | 30(30.9%) | |||
RATS | 7(7.2%) | |||
VATS | 60(61.9%) | |||
Type of resection | 0.649 | |||
Lobectomy | 80(82.5%) | 27(90%) | 53(79.1%) | |
Mass excision | 9(9.3%) | 2(6.7%) | 7(10.4%) | |
Wedge resection | 4(4.1%) | 1(3.3%) | 3(4.5%) | |
Segmentectomy | 2(2.1%) | 0(0%) | 2(3%) | |
Disconnection of aberrant feeding artery | 2(2.1%) | 0(0%) | 2(3%) | |
Intrathoracic adhesions | 63(64.9%) | 16(53.3%) | 47(70.1%) | 0.109 |
Dense intrathoracic adhesions | 36(37.1%) | 9(30%) | 27(40.3%) | 0.332 |
Conversion to open thoracotomy | 3(4.5%) | NA | ||
Operative time, min | 120 (50–325) | 115 (75–220) | 120 (50–325) | 0.133 |
Estimated blood loss, ml | 70 (10–800) | 92.5 (50–800) | 60 (10–550) | 0.001 |
Volume of drainage, ml | 360 (40–2040) | 430 (60–1630) | 330 (40–2040) | 0.004 |
Length of postoperative hospitalization, days | 4 (1.5–10.8) | 4.9 (2–10.8) | 4 (1.5–8) | 0.017 |
Chest tube duration, days | 2.8 (0.8–7.1) | 3.2 (1–7.1) | 2.7 (0.8–6) | 0.001 |
Postoperative complications | 4(4.1%) | 2(6.7%) | 2(3%) | 0.399 |
Atrial fibrillation | 1(1%) | 1(3.3%) | 0(0%) | |
Chylothorax | 2(2.1%) | 0(0%) | 2(3%) | |
Hemothorax required for reoperation | 1(1%) | 1(3.3%) | 0(0%) | |