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Table 4 Preoperative respiratory function in TME and TTE

From: Comparison of short-term outcomes between transthoracic and robot-assisted transmediastinal radical surgery for esophageal cancer: a prospective study

 

TME (n = 25)

TTE (n = 32)

p value

VC (L)

3.85 ± 0.13

3.54 ± 0.12

0.081

%VC

110.0 ± 2.82

109.5 ± 2.49

0.9

FVC (L)

3.81 ± 0.13

3.52 ± 0.11

0.092

FEV1.0 (L)

2.82 ± 0.12

2.58 ± 0.10

0.12

FEV1.0%

75.7 ± 2.01

75.0 ± 1.78

0.81

  1. Student t test.; FEV1.0 Forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FEV1.0% Forced expiratory volume in 1 s percent predicted, FVC Forced vital capacity, TME Transmediastinal esophagectomy, TTE Transthoracic esophagectomy, %VC Vital capacity percent predicted, VC Vital capacity