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[Changing pattern of the respiratory function associated with resected lung lobe]
M Nonaka1, S Yamamoto, D Kataoka
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Respiratory function before and 2 months after lung lobectomy was analyzed associated with resected lobe. Post- or preoperative ratios of FEV1.0 or VC were compared among (1) predicted value by the number of subsegments using bronchofiberscopy, (2) predicted value by the lobar volume ratio using computed tomography (CT), and (3) actually measured value. Using subsegments method, post- or preoperative predicted VC ratios were 85 +/- 1% after right upper lobectomy (RU), 69 +/- 1% after right lower lobetomy (RL), 74 +/- 1% after left upper lobectomy (LU), and 75 +/- 1% after left lower lobectomy (LL). Using CT method, post- or preoperative predicted VC ratios were 80 +/- 2% after RU, 76 +/- 4% after RL, 74 +/- 2% after LU, and 79 +/- 3% after LL. Actually measured post- or preoperative FEV1.0 ratios were 82 +/- 3% after RU, 89 +/- 8% after RL, 73 +/- 3% after LU, and 86 +/- 5% after LL, and the VC ratios were 88 +/- 5% after RU, 79 +/- 3% after RL, 77 +/- 4% after LU, and 94 +/- 3% after LL. In the FEV1.0 analysis using both subsegments method and CT method, the predicted value was correlated with upper lobectomy but was overestimated in case of lower lobectomy. This phenomenon might be caused by the postoperative bronchial branching deformity after upper lobectomy. In the VC analysis using subsegments method, the predicted value was correlated with upper lobectomy but was overestimated in case of lower lobectomy. Meanwhile, in the VC analysis using CT method, the predicted value was correlated with RL or LU but was overestimated in case of RU or LL. This may due to the fact that RL and LU had large lobar volumes. In conclusion, postoperative predicted and actually measured values were different associated with resected lobe. In the FEV1.0 and VC analysis using subsegments method, the predicted value was strongly correlated with upper lobectomy but was overestimated (10%) in case of lower lobectomy.
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