Therapeutic Bronchoscopy Interventions Before Surgical Resection of Lung Cancer Prashant N. Chhajed, MD, Ralf Eberhardt, MD, Hendrik Dienemann, MD, Andrea Azzola, MD, Martin H. Brutsche, MD, Michael Tamm, MD, Felix J.F. Herth, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 5, Pages 1839-1843 (May 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.054 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Box plot representation of (A) Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) before and after therapeutic bronchoscopy in all patients. The 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles and extreme values are shown. (B) Forced vital capacity (FVC) before and after therapeutic bronchoscopy in all patients. (C) Ratio of FEV1/FVC before and after therapeutic bronchoscopy in all patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 1839-1843DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.054) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions