[Safety of video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomy without rib spreading for low respiratory function patients].
We performed VATS Lobectomies without rib spreading on 3 low respiratory function patients (FEV1.0 < 1.2 l) with primary lung cancer. Their post-operative courses were uneventful. During the 3 post-operative months, VC, FEV1.0, PF, and MVV did not decrease for the lost lung volume, while DLco decreased considerably.
Souma
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Nagaoka Central General Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Saito
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Shinohara
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Iwashima
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Tsukada
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012119:Respiration; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted