Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT) and Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (C-PET) are useful to evaluate operability in functionally compromised patients. Although modifications of PFT and C-PET after lung surgery have been widely explored, little information exists as to modifications of exercise capacity in COPD patients undergoing lung resection. We prospectively analyzed the changes in PFT and C-PET in patients with COPD after a pulmonary lobar resection.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, University of Parma, U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Viale Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. antonio.bobbio@unipr.it
