| Changed values between “postoperative 4 weeks” − “postoperative 1 week” | LAMA/LABA group (n = 19) | Control group (n = 17) | COPD group (n = 18) | p value | |
| LAMA/LABA vs Control | Control vs COPD | ||||
| ⊿VC (“postoperative 4 weeks” − “postoperative 1 week”) (L) | 0 ± 0.6 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 0.4917 | 0.5668 |
| ⊿%VC (“postoperative 4 weeks” − “postoperative 1 week”) (%) | −1.3 ± 22.7 | 7.4 ± 5.3 | 3.8 ± 7.0 | 0.1261 | 0.1597 |
| ⊿FEV1 (“postoperative 4 weeks” − “postoperative 1 week”) (L) | 0 ± 0.4 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 0.0944 | 0.0736 |
| ⊿%FEV1 (“postoperative 4 weeks” − “postoperative 1 week”) (%) | −3.2 ± 19.3 | 0.4 ± 7.0 | 0 ± 6.5 | 0.6974 | 0.8697 |