Usefulness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Based on Pulmonary Function Tests and Muscle Analysis Using Computed Tomography Images.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The usefulness of rehabilitation in patients with reduced lung function before lung surgery remains unclear, and there is no adequate method for evaluating the effect of rehabilitation. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of rehabilitation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergoing lung cancer surgery.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of NSCLC patients at Korea University Guro Hospital between 2018 and 2020. Patients were divided into two groups depending on whether they underwent rehabilitation. Pulmonary function test (PFT) data and muscle determined using chest computed tomography (CT) images were analyzed. Because the baseline characteristics were different between the two groups, propensity score matching

SUBMITTER: Choi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296947 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature