Effect of thoracotomy and lung resection on exercise capacity in patients with lung cancer

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 334-338

  Nugent, A M ^a   Steele, I C ^a   Carragher, A M ^a   McManus, K ^a   McGuigan, J A ^a   Gibbons, J R P ^a   Riley, M S ^a   Nicholls, D P ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Lung cancer; Pneumonectomy; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0032987173     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.4.334     Document Type: Article

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