Value of virtual bronchoscopic navigation and transbronchial ultrasound-guided sheath-guided exploration in diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups

Clinical data	Control group (n = 101)	Observation group (n = 101)	P value
Gender (n)			0.884
Male	64	65
Female	37	36
Age (yr)	61.6 ± 3.2	62.3 ± 3.1	0.116
Location of lesion			0.916
Lower lobe	36	35
Medium lobe	13	12
Upper lobe	52	54
Disease size (mm)			0.769
≤ 20	35	37
> 20-30	66	64
Computed tomography bronchial signs			0.737
Positive	77	79
Negative	24	22
Ultrasonic probe position			0.162
External to the lesion	10	11
Near the lesion	39	37
Within the lesion	52	53

Table 2 Comparison of the diagnostic rates between different subgroups of the two groups

Group	Control (n = 101)	Observation (n = 101)	χ2	P value
Focus position
Upper left	24	23	0.015	0.901
Lower left	26	25	0.014	0.907
Upper right	21	21	0.002	0.965
Lower right	15	16	0.052	0.819
Lesion size			0.007	0.933
8-20 mm	39	38
21-30 mm	47	47
Probe position
Internal	51	52	0.063	0.802
External	2	2	0	0.991
Approaching	33	31	0.066	0.797
Total	86	85

Table 3 Comparison of the total operating time of diagnosis and time needed to determine the lesion in the two groups

Group	Control (n = 101)	Observation (n = 101)	t	P value
General operating time (min)	25.4 ± 4.9	26.1 ± 4.8	1.026	0.306
Time needed to determine the lesion (min)	8.7 ± 1.1	4.9 ± 1.0	24.549	0