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Table 3 Pulmonary function tests before bone cement combined with vacuum sealing drainage treatment and at 2 weeks after surgery(n = 12)

From: The combined application of antibiotic-loaded bone cement and vacuum sealing drainage for sternal reconstruction in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection

Variables

Preoperation

POW 2

P value

FVC, mL

2712 ± 650

3265 ± 528

0.02

FVC%

73.2 ± 5.3

85.7 ± 8.2

< 0.01

FEV1, mL

1980 ± 613

2322 ± 520

0.01

FEV1%

70.8 ± 6.5

86.8 ± 8.5

< 0.01

FEV1/FVC, %

65.0 ± 10.7

78.4 ± 10.1

< 0.01

  1. POW, postoperative week; VC, vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC, forced vital capacity
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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