Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery

Vol.5 No.1(2015), Paper ID 55111, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojts.2015.51004

 

Preoperative Exercise Testing Is a Better Predictor of Postoperative Complications than Pulmonary Function Testing for Patients with Lung Cancer

 

Atsushi Hata, Yasuo Sekine, Eitetsu Koh, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi

 

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan
Division of Clinical Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan

 

Copyright © 2015 Atsushi Hata, Yasuo Sekine, Eitetsu Koh, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Hata, A. , Sekine, Y. , Koh, E. and Yamaguchi, N. (2015) Preoperative Exercise Testing Is a Better Predictor of Postoperative Complications than Pulmonary Function Testing for Patients with Lung Cancer. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 5, 15-20. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2015.51004.

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