The difference in postoperative pulmonary functional change between upper and lower thoracoscopic lobectomy.
Norihisa ShigemuraMai KitazumeYusuke FujibayashiSanae KurodaKenji KimuraYoshitaka KitamuraDaisuke TakenakaWataru NishioPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
Pulmonary function after thoracoscopic LL was superior to that after UL because the upward displacement and the pulmonary reserves of the remaining lobe appeared more robust after LL.