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Table 2 Baseline characteristics between two groups (post-op)

From: Preservation vs. dissection of inferior pulmonary ligament for thoracoscopic upper lobectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Variables

Group P (n = 100)

Group D (n = 108)

P

Pathological cancer stage

0.582

 IA1

20

13

 IA2

34

43

 IA3

23

24

 IB

5

9

 IIA

1

1

 IIB

4

4

 IIIA

10

7

 Unstaged

3

7

Histological diagnosis

0.801

 Squamous cell carcinoma

2

2

 Adenocarcinoma

90

95

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma

3

4

 Adenosquamous carcinoma

1

1

 Benign nodule

1

1

 Sclerosing pneumocytoma

0

1

 Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

1

0

 Lymphoma

0

2

 Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

0

1

 Myoepithelial carcinoma

0

1

 Pleomorphic carcinoma

2

0