Table 2 Patients characteristics of para-aortic node dissection via different procedure
groupT | groupL | groupE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 21 | n = 135 | n = 20 | ||
No. of para-aortic lymph nodes | group T vs group L, P = 0.581,group T vs group E, P = 0.004,group L vs group E, P = 0.0004 | |||
median(range) | 5(1-21) | 6(1-19) | 9.5 (5-29) | |
positive aortic nodes | 0(0%) | 30(22.22%) | 1(5%) | |
cases with positive aortic nodes, no.(%) | 0(0%) | 6(4.44%) | 1(5%) | |
cases with dissection to RV level | 15(71.43%) | 127(94.07%) | 20(100%) | group T vs group L, P = 0.0043,group T vs group E, P = 0.02,group L vs group E, P = 0.597 |