The Value of The Pulmonary Function Tests In Upper Abdominal Surgery

Abstract

The operated patients always have the risk of pulmonar complication. This risk may be minimized in postoperative period if it can be estimated with pulmonary function tests preoperatively. So we examined 35 patients' pulmonary functions pre and postoperatively except the ones with cardiopulmonary disease and chronic smokers. Although all the patients had normal pulmonary function tests at the beginning, all the tests parameters decreased In postoperative period (p<0,05). We noticed that the pulmonary function tests impaired lesser in liver and gallbladder operations than the gastric operations. But the difference wasn't significant (p>0,05). The latency of anesthesia did not affect vital capacity (VC), force vital capacity (FVC) and force expiratory volume (FEV ). The pulmonary complications developed in twelve patients postoperatively (% 34,28). There were no statistical significance in the pulmonary function tests of patients with and without pulmonary complications (P>0,05)