Postoperative Lung Volume Change Depending on the Resected Lobe

Taslak Şengül A., Şahin B., Celenk C., Başoğlu A.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.61, no.2, pp.131-137, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0032-1322625
  • Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.131-137
  • Keywords: lung resection, stereological method, volume fraction, pulmonary function test, quantity, PULMONARY-FUNCTION, UPPER LOBECTOMY, CANCER, SURGERY, PNEUMONECTOMY, COMPENSATION, CARCINOMA, GROWTH, IMAGES
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the lung volume changes depending on the resected lobes. The changes were quantitatively evaluated using stereological methods on computed tomography images and by pulmonary function tests (PFTs).