title: Evaluation of pulmonary function in patients submitted to reduction mammaplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prospectively evaluate the pulmonary function in patients undergoing reduction mammaplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve female patients with Gigantomastia and without medical antecedents were submitted to reduction mammaplasty at our University Hospital. The patients underwent lung function testing and arterial blood gas measurements in the preoperative and postoperative period (three to six months). The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test and the level of statistical significance was p <0.05. As for lung function tests,total lung capacity and residual volume were higher postoperatively (p <0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  As for the arterial gases, there was no statistically significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increase in total lung capacity and residual volume may suggest a better lung function after reduction mammaplasty for Gigantomastia treatment, although not altering blood gases in healthy patients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine of Bahia Federal University- UFBA, Bahia, Brazil. cunha.ms@pop.com.br
authors.forename: Marcelo Sacramento
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Lívio Lima
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Amanda Andrada
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.forename: Nilmar Galdino
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Bandeira
authors.forename: José Admirço Lima
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: José Válber Lima
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Meneses
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D016462:Mammaplasty; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D055815:Young Adult