Abstract:The objective was to investigate the efficiency of the preoperative rehabilitation for patients with planned anatomical lung resections.Methods and materials.The study included 92 patients aged 27 to 87 years (mean age (63±10.8) years), 25 women (27.2 %) and 67 men (72.8 %) who underwent anatomical lung resections (79 patients, 85.9 % for lung cancer). Group 1 (39 patients – 42 %) included patients who did not smoke or quitted smoking at least 2 months before the operation. Also, they complied with the recomme… Show more
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