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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1133-1134
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

The importance of obstructed and unobstructed segments to be resected in predicting postoperative FEV1

Erkan Yildirim, MD, FETCS

Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asagiovecler mh. 79 Sk 8/3, Dikmen Ankara 06406, Turkey

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To the Editor:

I have just read the article by Sekine and colleagues [1]. In the text, a modified formula for calculating the predicted postoperative (ppo) forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) after lobectomy on the basis of the following equation was offered:

where S is the number of resected bronchopulmonary segments [2]. For lobectomy there is a strong correlation between the postoperative FEV1 expressed as ppo FEV1 and the actual values . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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