Changes in Pulmonary Function in Lung Cancer Patients After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Se Joong Kim, MD, PhD, Yeon Joo Lee, MD, Jong Sun Park, MD, PhD, Young-Jae Cho, MD, Sukki Cho, MD, PhD, Ho Il Yoon, MD, PhD, Kwhanmien Kim, MD, PhD, Jae Ho Lee, MD, PhD, Sanghoon Jheon, MD, PhD, Choon-Taek Lee, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 210-217 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.066 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study enrollment flow chart. (CT = computed tomography; ILD = interstitial lung disease; NSCLC = non-small cell lung cancer; PFT = pulmonary function test; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 210-217DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.066) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Changes in forced vital capacity (FVC) according to follow-up duration between the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy group (red lines) and the VATS sublobar resection group (blue lines): (A) all patients, (B) VATS of the right upper or right middle lobe, (C) VATS of the right lower lobe, (D) VATS of the left upper lobe, and (E) VATS of the left lower lobe. The bar represents the standard error of the mean. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 210-217DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.066) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Percentage changes in forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) according to follow-up duration between (A) the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sublobar resection group and (B) the VATS lobectomy group. (LLL = left lower lobe [purple lines]; LUL = left upper lobe [green lines]; RLL = right lower lobe [red lines]; RML or RUL = right middle or right upper lobe [blue lines].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 210-217DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.066) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions