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Table 1 Pulmonary function test results before and after COVID-19 infection and 6 and 12 weeks after surgery

From: Lung cancer surgery after COVID-19 infection in a patient with severe interstitial pneumonia and restrictive ventilatory impairment

	VC (ml)	%VC (%)	%DLco (%)
Before COVID-19 infection	2070	71.9	74.9
7 weeks after COVID-19 infection	1700	59.6	51.9
6 weeks after surgery	1500	52.6	53.1
12 weeks after surgery	1510	53.0	61.7

%VC % vital capacity, %DLco % diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide

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