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Trial reportAfrican health sciences2023

Is preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation effective in the postoperative period after lung resection?

Hatice Kökez, Hakan Keskin, Makbule Ergin, Abdullah Erdoğan

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in African health sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  6. Prehabilitation and postoperative outcomes in colorectal surgery: an umbrella review.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hatice KökezDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz university, Antalya, Turkey.
Hakan KeskinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz university, Antalya, Turkey.
Makbule ErginDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz university, Antalya, Turkey.
Abdullah ErdoğanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz university, Antalya, Turkey.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Investigating the effects of the preoperative short term intensive pulmonary rehabilitation program applied for patients who have undergone lung resection by thoracotomy, on lung functions, complication rates and length of hospital stay during the postoperative period. Methods: A prospective randomized trial of sixty patients were enrolled who would undergo pulmonary resection by thoracotomy and were randomly divided in two groups. Intensive pulmonary rehabilitation was performed on these patients in the study group 3 hours a day throughout 7 days during the preoperative period. Groups were compared with respect to their spirometric pulmonary functions, respiratory parameters, blood gas parameters, complication rates and length of hospital stay. Results: Total incidence rate of complications in the patients from the control group significantly increased(p=0,028). When patients who underwent lobectomy and wedge resection were observed, length of hospital stay of those in the control group was seen to be statistically higher in comparison with the study group(p<0,05). Conclusion: We consider that it will be very beneficial to perform a short term and intensive pulmonary rehabilitation program on every patient possible who is planned to undergo thoracotomy and lobectomy or wedge resection treatment.

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Lung NeoplasmsHumansLength of StayLungPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PeriodProspective StudiesThoracotomybreathing exercisepulmonary rehabilitationThoracic

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PMCPMC10398428

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