Table 3.
Spirometry results before and after plication at long-term follow-up
| FVC (%) | FEV1 (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient no. | Before plication | After plication | Improvement (% change) | Before plication | After plication | Improvement (% change) |
| 1 | 50.0 | 79.0 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 72.0 | 18.0 |
| 2 | 57.0 | 86.5 | 51.8 | 71.0 | 86.0 | 21.1 |
| 3 | 50.8 | 80.5 | 58.5 | 62.8 | 78.8 | 25.5 |
| 4 | 67.0 | 104.0 | 55.2 | 69.0 | 105.0 | 52.2 |
| 5 | 76.0 | 94.0 | 23.7 | 88.7 | 99.4 | 12.1 |
| 6 | 76.0 | 70.0 | -7.9 | 60.2 | 84.0 | 39.5 |
| 7 | 47.8 | 72.5 | 51.7 | 58.0 | 76.5 | 31.9 |
| 8 | 50.0 | 60.7 | 21.4 | 57.0 | 76.0 | 33.3 |
| 9 | 44.0 | 77.4 | 75.9 | 64.0 | 80.0 | 25.0 |
| 10 | 59.0 | 85.0 | 44.1 | 69.2 | 85.5 | 23.6 |
| 11 | 61.2 | 58.3 | -4.7 | 58.0 | 67.7 | 16.7 |
| 12 | 41.0 | 80.0 | 95.1 | 64.3 | 82.4 | 28.1 |
| Total | 56.7 ± 11.6 | 79.0 ± 12.9 | 43.6 ± 30.6* | 65.3 ± 8.7 | 82.8 ± 10.6 | 27.3 ± 10.9* |
*p < 0.001, Student's paired t-test.