SynthesisBMC pulmonary medicine2023
The effectiveness of postoperative rehabilitation interventions that include breathing exercises to prevent pulmonary atelectasis in lung cancer resection patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Nonpharmacological dyspnoea-relief strategies in lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Recommendations for Interventions to Improve Function in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Clinical Practice Guideline.Cancer medicine · 2025Guideline
- Effect of Exercise and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Pre- and Post-Surgical Patients with Lung Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of an intensive pulmonary rehabilitation program on postoperative pulmonary complications in frail elderly patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Trial
- Best practices for respiratory function training in perioperative patients with lung cancer: A scoping review and evidence synthesis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Review
- [Expert Consensus on Shared Decision-making in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ground-glass Opacity-featured Lung Adenocarcinoma].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2026Article
- Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in people with lung cancer after lung resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
- Perioperative respiratory rehabilitation: evolving concepts and clinical applications.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026Review
- Development and validation of a multi-center prognostic model for predicting survival in non-small cell lung cancer using pulmonary and hematological data.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Comment on the use of bronchoscopy in the postoperative management of lung cancer patients.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Bronchoscopy increased the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
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- Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on lung cancer surgery outcomes: a matched-case analysis.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Article
- Effect of ERAS-Based Rapid Bladder Irrigation on TURP and HoLEP in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Virtual reality-assisted pulmonary rehabilitation enhances early lung function recovery after thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer patients: a non-concurrent controlled study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A study on the application and effect of ERAS-based refined nursing in patients undergoing radical lung cancer surgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Effect of exercise on postoperative recovery of patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Discover oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe main aim of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of postoperative rehabilitation interventions that include breathing exercises as a component to prevent atelectasis in lung cancer resection patients.
methodsIn this review, we systematically and comprehensively searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science in English and CNKI and Wanfang in Chinese from 2012 to 2022. The review included any randomized controlled trials focusing on the effectiveness of postoperative rehabilitation interventions that include breathing exercises to prevent pulmonary atelectasis in lung cancer patients. Participants who underwent anatomic pulmonary resection and received postoperative rehabilitation interventions that included breathing exercises as a component were included in this review. The study quality and risks of bias were measured with the GRADE and Cochrane Collaboration tools, and statistical analysis was performed utilizing RevMan 5.3 software.
resultsThe incidence of atelectasis was significantly lower in the postoperative rehabilitation intervention group (OR = 0.35; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.67; I2 = 0%; P = 0.67) than in the control group. The patients who underwent the postoperative rehabilitation program that included breathing exercises (intervention group) had higher forced vital capacity (FVC) scores (MD = 0.24; 95% CI, 0.07 to 0.41; I
conclusionPostoperative rehabilitation interventions that included breathing exercises decreased the incidence rate of atelectasis and improved lung function by increasing the FVC, FEV1, and FEV1/FVC ratio.
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