Lung volume reduction surgery: an overview
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Lung volume reduction surgery: an overview.
Lung volume reduction surgery, originally used in the 1950s, has reemerged as a technique that may help some individuals with end-stage emphysema breathe more easily. The goal of the surgery is to enhance elastic recoil of the lung and to restore diaphragmatic function. The surgery is still in the experimental stages, but early outcome data are encouraging. The purpose of this study was to disc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0104-4230
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000600025