Compensatory function change by segment-counting method in predicted postoperative pulmonary function at 1 year after surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
Teng-Wei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Zhihong Cai, Qinhong Xu, Jinrong Lin, Huilong Yeh · 2024
Read Compensatory function change by segment-counting method in predicted postoperative pulmonary function at 1 year after surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis by Teng-Wei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Zhihong Cai, Qinhong Xu, Jinrong Lin, Huilong Yeh (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11624756.txt.
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Teng-Wei Wang and five co-authors test a simple segment-counting method for predicting lung function a year after lung surgery, in a systematic review from twenty twenty-four. Surgeons estimate the breath a patient will keep by counting the segments to be removed. Thirty-nine studies with seventy-eight cohorts compared the prediction against measured breathing at six to eighteen months.
Patients who lost three or more segments breathed noticeably better than predicted. The share of segments removed explained over half the variation in how far results beat the forecast, while age, body mass, surgical approach, and tumor stage showed no effect. The authors credit compensatory growth in the remaining lung, while noting moderate differences between studies and possible selection bias.
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| CREATOR | Teng-Wei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Zhihong Cai, Qinhong Xu, Jinrong Lin, Huilong Yeh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |