Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Table 3 Differences between preoperative and postoperative diaphragm amplitudes

From: Diaphragm motion and lung function prediction in patients operated for lung cancer – a pilot study on 27 patients

	Ipsilateral				Contralateral
	_ΔA		_ΔA_(%)		_ΔA		_ΔA_(%)
	*Mean*	SD	*Mean*	SD	*Mean*	SD	*Mean*	SD
Rtg	2.42	1.25	54.3	16.4	0.98	1.5	-0.98	60.33
US	2.11	2.04	23.3	28.9	-0.22	1.7	-12.76	50.92
P	> 0.05		> 0.05		> 0.05		> 0.05

_ΔA : difference between preoperative and postoperative amplitudes; _ΔA_(%): difference between preoperative and postoperative amplitudes expressed as a percent of the preoperative amplitude.

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