@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00021823, author = {Urata, Hideko and Urata, Toshio}, issue = {1-4}, journal = {Acta medica Nagasakiensia}, month = {Oct}, note = {Surgical outcome of lung cancer for the aged was evaluated, in particular, in the patients with obstructive ventilatory failure of less than 49 of FEV1.0. The survival rates in the patients with obstructive ventilatory failure after surgery was satisfactory as compared with non-obstructive ventilatory failure. Furthermore, postoperative hypoxemia and hypercapnia did not correlate with the degrees of obstructive ventilatory failure. The preoperative physicotherapy greatly contributed to improvement of preoperative obstructive ventilatory failure, which may help reduce postoperative pulmonary complications. Great enthusiasm has developed regarding cooperation of nursing care and patient's volition for resuming their health to improve surgical result for the aged., Acta medica Nagasakiensia. 1988, 33(1-4), p.149-152}, pages = {149--152}, title = {Effect of preoperative physiothery on Surgery for lung cancer with limited respiratory function}, volume = {33}, year = {1988} }