Rationale and clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary rehabilitation program after oesophagectomy: preliminary report

Table 3 Comparative long-term results of pulmonary function between Group A (SR: Standard Rehabilitation) and Group B (IR: Intensive Rehabilitation)

Group	Variables	Thoracotomy			Transhiatal			Total
		n	mean ± sd	median	n	mean ± sd	median	n	mean ± sd	median	P-value
IR	Delta T0-T2FVC pred. %	3	−1.71 ± 1.18	−1.16	5	−1.11 ± 12.80	−1.15	8	−0.05 ± 9.81	−1.16	0.001
SR	Delta T0-T2FVC pred. %	15	−20.68 ± 11.80	−21.28	32	−8.53 ± 5.77	−6.42	50	−12.40 ± 9.88	−9.32
IR	Delta T0-T2FEV1 pred. %	3	−2.14 ± 5.42	−3.74	5	−9.04 ± 12.44	−3.85	8	−4.83 ± 11.41	−1.92	0.0001
SR	Delta T0-T2FEV1 pred. %	15	−21.28 ± 11.32	−22.22	32	−8.33 ± 6.06	- 7.69	50	−12.46 ± 10.05	−8.62
IR	Delta T0-T2TLC pred. %	3	−1.56 ± 1.43	−1.92	5	−1.48 ± 3.47	−3.00	8	−1.52 ± 2.73	−2.36	0.0395
SR	Delta T0-T2TLC pred. %	15	−7.23 ± 6.84	−7.07	32	−4.67 ± 4.32	−5.16	50	−5.49 ± 5.32	−5.19
IR	Delta T0-T2RV pred. %	3	−3.03 ± 2.68	−4.00	5	−3.70 ± 3.51	−5.50	8	−3.44 ± 3.03	−4.54	0.8109
SR		15	−6.82 ± 6.33	−3.90	32	−4.11 ± 5.36	−2.54	50	−4.98 ± 5.76	−3.64

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