title: Pre- and postoperative lung function after pulmonary resection.
abstract: For many years, the use of simple spirometric measurements has formed the physiological basis for evaluation of the possible extent of pulmonary resections. Comparison is made between pre-operative and 3-month postoperative spirometric results in patients subjected to enucleation of hamartomas, lobectomies or pneumonectomies. The finding of normal MBC and FEV1 has proven to be a sufficiently safe guideline for surgery and only abnormal MBC or FEV1 are regarded as indicating more extensive pulmonary function studies.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008451:Maximal Voluntary Ventilation; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D013147:Spirometry; D013997:Time Factors