Intrabullous Adhesion Pexia (IBAP) by Percutaneous Pulmonary Bulla Centesis: An Alternative for the Surgical Treatment of Giant Pulmonary Bulla (GPB)

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients.

Case no.	Patient no.	Sex	Age	Dyspnea index	ABG analysis (mmHg)		Lung function (L)			6 MWD (m)
					PaO2	PaCO2	FEV1	RV	TLC
1	1	M	41	3	61	38	1.95	2.20	6.45	215
2	1	M	42	2	68	40	2.37	1.87	5.35	347
3	2	M	52	5	50	30				0
4	3	M	42	5	46	34	0.59	2.76	6.60	21
5	4	M	62	3	64	34	2.39	1.89	6.33	289
6	5	M	41	3	57	45	0.45	3.58	6.98	286
7	6	M	71	5	56	53	1.10	2.85	6.92	35
8	7	M	64	5	49	40				0
9	8	F	47	5	42	31				0
10	9	M	58	5	45	50				92
11	10	F	43	2	55	36	1.70	2.57	3.61	311
12	11	F	64	5	45	30	0.45	2.91	6.45	125
13	12	M	57	2	74	35	2.18	1.96	6.33	234
14	13	M	63	5	42	67	0.41	3.45	7.51	64
15	14	M	69	5	50	50	0.46	2.82	7.15	56
16	15	M	63	5	45	31	0.40	2.54	2.85	122
17	7	M	65	4	50	36	.			97
18	16	M	61	3	58	37	0.72	3.41	7.31	296
19	17	M	48	5	46	31	.			56
20	18	M	69	5	42	62	0.39	3.25	7.20	64
21	19	M	71	5	45	39	0.63	2.76	6.40	26
22	20	M	65	3	56	53				152
23	21	M	72	5	50	38	0.41	3.21	7.62	125
24	22	M	71	5	42	65				56
25	23	M	61	5	45	52				38
26	24	M	59	3	59	40	0.60	3.65	7.60	296
27	25	M	69	5	44	57	0.43	2.62	7.18	55
28	26	M	61	2	70	32	2.40	1.84	6.33	246
29	27	M	67	3	56	46	0.70	3.47	7.21	280
30	28	M	44	5	50	37				53
31	29	M	58	3	52	39	1.05	2.24	4.15	48
32	30	M	59	4	55	33	0.89	2.55	6.92	135
33	31	M	56	5	45	41				98
34	32	M	68	3	61	45	2.22	3.02	7.55	243
35	33	M	78	5	51	57				14
36	34	M	60	5	45	37	1.08	2.88	6.11	78
37	35	M	75	4	62	46	0.99	3.12	7.02	182
38	36	M	70	4	50	56	0.63	2.67	6.87	165

M: male; F: female; IBAP: intrabullous adhesion pexy; ABG: arterial blood gas; 6 MWD: 6 min walking distance; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; RV: residual volume; TLC: total lung capacity volume; PaO₂: arterial partial pressure of oxygen; PaCO₂: arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide. 1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa. Cases 1 and 2 and cases 8 and 17 are the same patients, respectively. Twelve cases in 11 patients (patients 2, 7, 8, 9, 17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 31, and 33) did not test lung function due to their serious conditions or unwillingness. A few patients might give poor cooperation in lung function test because of their serious conditions so that a few values of pulmonary function test might be suspected in their accurateness, but this uncertainty would not affect the statistical conclusion for their own single-arm test values.