TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationale and clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary rehabilitation program after oesophagectomy: preliminary report
AU - Lococo, Filippo
AU - Cesario, Alfredo
AU - Sterzi, Silvia
AU - Magrone, Giovanni
AU - Dall'Armi, Valentina
AU - Mattei, Francesca
AU - Varone, Francesco
AU - Porziella, Venanzio
AU - Margaritora, Stefano
AU - Granone, Pierluigi
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Patients who undergo oesophagectomy for oesophagealcancer (OC) usually have an overall poor prognosis and, still more preoccupying, an unsatisfactory quality of life (QoL). Considering that, as already noted, post-operative pulmonary function has a strong correlation with the long-term outcome and QoL after surgery, we have assumed and speculated on the clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary post-operative rehabilitation program in this particular subset of patients.Herein, we report the preliminary results of a comparative retrospective analysis in a series of 58 patients who underwent radical oesophagectomy and post-operative chest physical therapy (CPT) under two different protocols, from October 2006 to January 2011.Finally, we discuss on the time-trend analysis of pulmonary function and the potential role of post-operative pulmonary rehabilitation.
AB - Patients who undergo oesophagectomy for oesophagealcancer (OC) usually have an overall poor prognosis and, still more preoccupying, an unsatisfactory quality of life (QoL). Considering that, as already noted, post-operative pulmonary function has a strong correlation with the long-term outcome and QoL after surgery, we have assumed and speculated on the clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary post-operative rehabilitation program in this particular subset of patients.Herein, we report the preliminary results of a comparative retrospective analysis in a series of 58 patients who underwent radical oesophagectomy and post-operative chest physical therapy (CPT) under two different protocols, from October 2006 to January 2011.Finally, we discuss on the time-trend analysis of pulmonary function and the potential role of post-operative pulmonary rehabilitation.
KW - rehabilitation
KW - rehabilitation
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/39780
U2 - 10.1186/2049-6958-7-21
DO - 10.1186/2049-6958-7-21
M3 - Article
SN - 2049-6958
VL - 7
SP - 21
EP - 21
JO - Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
JF - Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
ER -