Surgical data | Patients |
Response evaluation before surgery | |
Complete response | 0 |
Partial response | 14 (48) |
Stable disease | 15 (52) |
Lung resection | |
Wedge resection | 3 (10) |
Segmentectomy | 3 (10) |
Lobectomy | 22 (77) |
Pneumonectomy | 1 (3) |
Chest wall resection | |
One rib | 1 (3) |
Two ribs | 4 (14) |
Three ribs | 13 (45) |
Four or more ribs | 11 (38) |
Vertebral body resection | |
One hemivertebrectomy | 1 (3) |
Three hemivertebrectomies | 1 (3) |
Plexus resection | |
T1 root | 25 (86) |
C8-T1 roots | 4 (14) |
Chest wall reconstruction | |
None | 14 (48) |
Polyglactic acid-mesh | 12 (42) |
Polypropylene/polyethylene-mesh | 2 (7) |
Other prosthetic replacement | 1 (3) |
Completeness of resection | |
Resection 0 | 29 (100)* |
Resection 1 | 0 |
Resection 2 | 0 |
Histology | |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 11 (38) |
Adenocarcinoma | 10 (35) |
Large cell carcinoma | 4 (13) |
Adenosquamous carcinoma | 2 (7) |
Carcinoma, unspecified | 2 (7) |
Pathological stage | |
0 ypT0N0M0 | 13 (45) |
IA ypT1N0M0 | 5 (17) |
IB ypT2N0M0 | 2 (7) |
IIB ypT3N0M0 | 7 (25) |
IIIA ypT3N2M0 | 1 (3) |
IIIB ypT3N3M0 | 1 (3) |
Data are presented as n (%). T1: first thoracic nerve root; c8: eighth cervical nerve root; y: after induction therapy; p: after surgery; T: tumour; N: node; M: metastasis.