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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1139
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Simon Jordan, FRCS, Michael Polkey, MRCP, Peter Goldstraw, FRCS

Departments of Thoracic Surgery and Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St, London, SW3 6NP United Kingdom

(Email: simon.jordan@rbht.nhs.uk; michael.polkey@rbht.nhs.uk; p.goldstraw@rbht.nhs.uk).

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Brunelli and colleagues [1] present an interesting longitudinal study of lung function before and after lobectomy and pneumonectomy for lung cancer. The authors have demonstrated that predicted postoperative (ppo) values of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity (DLCO) do not correlate exactly with those values that are observed throughout the postoperative course. Although there is a degree of heterogeneity within the study group (not all patients being assessed at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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