title: [Improving function by decortication. Functional studies with particular evaluation of lung perfusion scintigraphy].
abstract: The study presents functional and scintigraphic lung perfusion measurements before and after decortication of 9 patients treated for chronic pleural empyema with special emphasis to changes in perfusion scintigraphy. Preoperatively, the average vital capacity was 60% and the average FEV1 was 65% of the predicted. Perfusion of the affected side showed an average reduction to 22%. After decortication all functional data showed an improvement (average VC 78.5%, average FEV1 79.5%) the percentage of lung perfusion having increased to a mean of 37.8%.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Lungenchirurgie, Universität Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Swoboda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laule
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blattmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004653:Empyema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Funktionsverbesserung durch Dekortikation. Funktionelle Untersuchungen unter besonderer Wertung der Lungenperfusionszintigraphie.