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Table 9 Comparison of the pulmonary function before and after treatment (PEF)

From: Comprehensive use of a high-frequency electric knife, balloon dilatation, and cryotherapy for tuberculous central tracheobronchial cicatricial constriction

Variable

Wilks’ Lambda

F

P

Internal diameter of tracheal stenosis

 Scar hyperplasia (before treatment vs. Mid-term after treatment vs. Long-term after treatment)

0.033

3.533

0.000

 Repair under scar formation (before treatment vs. Mid-term after treatment vs. Long-term after treatment)

0.027

6.464

0.000

 Mature scars (before treatment vs. Mid-term after treatment vs. Long-term after treatment)

0.046

3.847

0.000