The impact of surgical chest wall damage caused by classic thoracotomy on pulmonary function and morphology.

Nobuyuki YoshiyasuFumitsugu KojimaOsamu TakahashiYuya IshikawaToru Bando

Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

Among the patients underwent lobectomy, classic thoracotomy decreased PF by an additional FVC loss of 10% and FEV1 loss of 7% compared with VATS, without affecting residual lung volume.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
aortic valve replacement
peritoneal dialysis
oxidative stress
heart failure
coronary artery disease
patient reported