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[Safety of video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomy without rib spreading for low respiratory function
T Souma1, M Saito, H Shinohara
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Nagaoka Central General Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|January 20, 2000
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.