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Table 2 Mean percentage of preserved FEV1 of each lobe in each resected sites

From: Comparison of postoperative pulmonary function and air leakage between pleural closure vs. mesh-cover for intersegmental plane in segmentectomy

 

Percentage of FEV1of each lobe (%)

Resected site

Pleural closure

Mesh-cover

Difference

One segment of right upper lobe

38 ± 18 (n = 9)

35 ± 27 (n = 6)

p = 0.77

One segment of left upper lobe

46 ± 13 (n = 9)

52 ± 15 (n = 8)

p = 0.37

Apical segment of right lower lobe

59 ± 13 (n = 5)

63 ± 8 (n = 4)

p = 0.62

Apical segment of left lower lobe

46 ± 11 (n = 3)

44 ± 8 (n = 3)

p = 0.81

Upper division of left upper lobe

21 ± 10 (n = 10)

35 ± 15 (n = 4)

p = 0.06

  1. Each Parenthesis shows number of the patients.