Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 219 patients with pulmonary nodules undergoing 135 hookwire and 151 methylene blue localizing procedures
Variable | Hookwire technique 107 patients (48.86%) | Methylene blue technique 112 patients (51.14%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age (years)# | 54 (10.86) | 54.46 (11.06) | 0.8075 |
Gender | 0.5860 | ||
Male | 43 (40.19%) | 41 (36.6%) | |
Female | 64 (59.81%) | 71 (63.4%) | |
Patient position | < 0.0001* | ||
Supine | 39 (36.45%) | 15 (11.36%) | |
Prone | 30 (28.04%) | 29 (21.97%) | |
Right lying | 21 (19.63%) | 32 (24.24%) | |
Left lying | 17 (15.88%) | 56 (42.43%) | |
Nodule location | 0.3626 | ||
Right upper lobe | 51 (37.78%) | 49 (32.45%) | |
Right middle lobe | 6 (4.44%) | 13 (8.61%) | |
Right lower lobe | 23 (17.04%) | 35 (23.18%) | |
Left upper lobe | 34 (25.19%) | 35 (23.18%) | |
Left lower lobe | 44 (8.32%) | 19 (12.58%) | |
Nodule count | 0.4834 | ||
One | 83 (77.57%) | 81 (72.32%) | |
Two | 20 (18.69%) | 23 (20.54%) | |
Three | 4 (3.74%) | 8 (7.14%) | |
Complications | 0.0126* | ||
None | 115 (85.19%) | 140 (92.72%) | |
Pneumothorax | 13 (9.63%) | 11 (7.28%) | |
Hemoptysis | 7 (5.18%) | 0 (0%) | |
Nodule diameter (mm)# | 8 (4) | 9 (6) | 0.0561 |
Distance between nodule and pleural surface (mm)# | 9 (11) | 10 (12) | 0.1364 |
Localization time (min)# | 8 (3) | 7 (3) | 0.0007* |
Localization-operation interval (hours)# | 17 (3.5) | 17 (6) | 0.7142 |
Duration of surgery (min)# | 114 (92) | 95 (61.5) | 0.0446* |
Hospitalization time (days)# | 6 (3) | 5 (2) | < 0.0001* |