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However, the benefits, especially postoperative pulmonary function, remain controversial. This study aimed to evaluate whether IPL division leads to pulmonary dysfunction.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This retrospective study included 213 patients who underwent UL between 2005 and 2018. They were categorized into an IPL division group (D group, n\u2009=\u2009106) and a preservation group (P group, n\u2009=\u2009107). Postoperative dead space at the lung apex, pulmonary function and complications were assessed using chest X-rays and spirometry. Changes in bronchial angle, cross-sectional area and circumference of the narrowed bronchus on the excised side were measured on three-dimensional computed tomography.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>There was no significant difference in the postoperative complication rate, the dead space area, forced vital capacity (FVC), or forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) between the 2 groups after right UL (FVC; P = 0.838, FEV1; P = 0.693). By contrast, after left UL pulmonary function was significantly better in the P than in the D group (FVC; P = 0.038, FEV1; P = 0.027). Changes in bronchial angle did not significantly differ between the 2 groups. The narrowed bronchus's cross-sectional area (P = 0.021) and circumference (P = 0.009) were significantly smaller in the D group than in the P group after left UL.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>IPL division during left UL caused postoperative pulmonary dysfunction and airflow limitation due to bronchial kinking. IPL preservation may have a beneficial impact on postoperative pulmonary function.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/icvts\/ivad035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,16]],"date-time":"2023-02-16T13:44:13Z","timestamp":1676555053000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Inferior pulmonary ligament division during left upper lobectomy causes pulmonary dysfunction"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Shoji","family":"Kuriyama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4490-7862","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kazuhiro","family":"Imai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hajime","family":"Saito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Iwate Medical University , Iwate, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shinogu","family":"Takashima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nobuyasu","family":"Kurihara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ryo","family":"Demura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haruka","family":"Suzuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuzu","family":"Harata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yusuke","family":"Sato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katsutoshi","family":"Nakayama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kyoko","family":"Nomura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Environmental Science and Public Health, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshihiro","family":"Minamiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023062020093249400_ivad035-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"615","DOI":"10.1016\/0003-4975(95)00537-U","article-title":"Randomized trial of lobectomy versus limited resection for T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer. 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