Pre- and postoperative lung function after pulmonary resection.
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.
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