[The evaluation of the external respiratory function in patients in late follow-up period after pneumonectomy].
The external respiration function (ERF) indexes were studied in 215 patients in 25-40 years after performance of pneumonectomy. In 55.3% patients ventilation indexes have exceeded the due values by 50% for two lungs, in 8.4%--significant disorders of the ERF indexes were noted in connection with an early and late complications occurrence and with presence of specific and metaphthisic changes in a single lung as well.
Serbinenko
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GN
Makarov
A V
AV
Savenkov
Iu F
IuF
Kalabukha
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IA
Khmel'
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OV
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012119:Respiration