The effect of postoperative change in bronchial angle on postoperative pulmonary function after upper lobectomy in lung cancer patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-189

  Seok, Yangki ^a   Cho, Sukki ^a,b   Lee, Ja Young ^a   Yang, Hee Chul ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a,b   Jheon, Sanghoon ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchial angulation; Pulmonary function; Upper lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ANGLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG UPPER LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRONCHIAL ANGULATION; PULMONARY FUNCTION; UPPER LOBECTOMY;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84892927351     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt463     Document Type: Article

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