Table 2 Radiographic and ultrasound assessment of preoperative and postoperative diaphragmatic amplitudes of the diseased and healthy side
Preoperative | Postoperative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ipsilateral | Contralateral | Ipsilateral | Contralateral | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Rtg | 4.28 | 2.13 | 4.58 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 1.2 | 3.69 | 1.87 |
US | 6.51 | 2.28 | 3.67 | 1.52 | 5.78 | 1.53 | 7.26 | 1.72 |
P | 0.01 | > 0.05 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | ||||