TABLE 1

Studies providing pre- and post-segmentectomy pulmonary function tests (PFTs)

First author
[ref.]
YearPatients
n
Open/VATSPFT delay
months
Initial
FEV1 % pred
FEV1
variation %
Initial
DLCO % pred
DLCO variation %Initial FVC % predFVC
variation %
Ginsberg [4]199571Open6−1.76±15.3+1.93±19.4
12–18−5.18±16.1+0.52±22.1
Takizawa [16]199940Open0.5105.0±23.6−26.7±16.4101.4±16.5−27.3±12.5
12−6.7±10.3−5.1±10.6
Yoshikawa [18]200255Open12−13.4±10.4−11.3±9.8
Keenan [8]200454Open1255.3±3.0−5#67.5±3.0−17#72.8±2.5−5#
Martin-Ucar [11]200534Both4 (3–6)45 (19–54)+12 (−2 to +47)
Harada [5]200538Mini-thoracotomy2
6
75.0±3.8−15#
−12#
3.13±0.67 L−15#
−10#
Okada [13]2006168Open22.32±0.64 L−9.4#3.16±0.84 L−10.4#
Yoshimoto [19]200956NA12 (6–24)2.2±0.6 L−12±9109±14
Watanabe [17]200941VATS674.2±10.4−3#110.4±25.6−7#
Kashiwabara [7]200971Open6109.4±20.8Normal FEV1: −12.9±8.7;
FEV1 <70%: −13.8±9.9
111.15±12.3Normal FEV1: −13.4±8.6;
FEV1 <70%: −16.0±11.8
Saito [14]201452Open177.6±7.7−28±7107.1±19.9−14±6
6−19±7−10±5
Hwang [6]201594VATSNA101.6±24.0−8.9±10.892.7±17.4100.8±16.3
Kim [9]201573VATS3100.1±18.9−4.83±8.74104.2±20.7−3.44±11.4999.7±13.8−4.45±7.30
12−2.75±8.10−0.38±22.11−2.01±8.33
Macke [10]201589Both6–3679±22−4.3±17.463±22−3.6±15.8
Suzuki [15]201637Both273.3±9−18.6#3.06±0.68 L−18.2#
7–12−12.2#−6.6#
Nomori [12]+2016117Open7 (6–13)<2 seg: 105±23;
≥2 seg: 114±23;
LUD: 117±27
<2 seg: −3±10;
≥2 seg: −10±9;
LUD: −16±7

Data are expressed as mean±sd or mean (range). Variation data are relative to the initial values. VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; FVC: forced vital capacity; Open: thoracotomy; Both: VATS and thoracotomy; NA: not available. #: calculated from data or extracted from figures; : absolute values in L given where no % pred values available; +: compared resections <2 segments (<2 seg), ≥2 segments (≥2 seg), and of the left upper division (LUD).