title: [Safety of video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomy without rib spreading for low respiratory function patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Nagaoka Central General Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukada
mesh_terms: 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