Surgical approaches for lung volume reduction in emphysema
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Surgical approaches for lung volume reduction in emphysema.
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recommended in both British and international guidelines because trials have shown improvement in survival in selected patients with poor baseline exercise capacity and upper lobe-predominant emphysema. Despite this, few procedures are carried out, possibly because of historical concerns about high levels o...
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Over the past decades, extensive literature has been published regarding surgical therapies for advanced COPD. Lung-volume reduction surgery would be an option for a significantly larger number of patients than classic bullectomy or lung transplantation. Unfortunately, the initial enthusiasm has been tempered by major questions regarding the optimal surgical approach, safety, firm selection cri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-558