[Preoperative and immediate postoperative respiratory therapy in patients with pulmonary resection].

Twenty patients with a resectable lung cancer and with a low respiratory function were included in this study. During the preoperative period all patients underwent a physiokinesic preparation in view of some improvement of their ventilation performances. Methodology as well as results are reported good response to the program, better post-operative functional recovery and absence of complications were observed in this group of patients.